HARPACTICOID COPEPODS FROM THE PACIFIC ABYSSAL OFF MINDANAO. II. CERVINIIDAE (CONT.), THALESTRIDAE, AND AMEIRIDAE

Abstract

As the second report on the abyssal harpacticoids collected in the Pacific Ocean off Mindanao, the present paper deals with the following seven genera of three families: Cervinia Norman, Eucanuella T. Scott, and Cerviniopsis Sars (Fam. Cerviniidae), Pseudotachidius T. Scott (Fam. Thalestridae), Malacopsyllus Sars, Parameiropsis Becker, and a previously unknown genus (Fam. Ameiridae). Although the specimens reported in the previous paper (Ito, 1982) have been deposited in the Zoological Museum, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, specimens which are reported in the present paper are deposited tentatively in the Seta Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, until this serial taxonomic work is finished. After the completion of this work, they will be deposited permanently in the Zoological Museum of Hokkaido University. Before going further, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. P.A. Montagna, University of South Carolina, for his kind comments on some relevant species.