A new genus and species of the family Mantridae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) infesting the bivalve Pseudochama retroversa from the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ohtsuka, Susumu, Boxshall, Geoffrey A., Torigoe, Kenji (2000): A new genus and species of the family Mantridae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) infesting the bivalve Pseudochama retroversa from the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan. Journal of Natural History 34 (10): 1967-1976, DOI: 10.1080/00222930050144800, URL: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930050144800 Chamicola nagasawai n. gen., n. sp., belonging to the bivalve-infesting cyclopoid family Mantridae, is described from the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan.

This is the fi rst recorded occurrence in the Paci fi c Ocean of the family, which previously accommodated only two genera, Mantra and Nearchinotodelphys. The parasite was found in the mantle cavity of Pseudochama retroversa (Lischke) (Family Chamidae), but did not infect Chama japonica (Lamarck). The prevalence and intensity of C. nagasawai in P. retroversa ranged from 11.3 to 25.0%, and from 1.0 to 2.6, respectively.