Pseudanthessius deficiens

Classification

Pseudanthessius [genus] (2)

Pseudanthessius [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Curaçao
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Distribution description	Associated with the Cnidarian host Holothuria mexicana Ludwig, 1875 and Ophioderma cinerea Muller & Troschel, 1842.

Korzhavina, O.A., Hoeksema, B.W. & Ivanenko, V.N. 2019. A review of Caribbean Copepoda associated with reef-dwelling cnidarians, echinoderms and sponges. Contributions to Zoology 88: 297-349. [link]
Stock, J.H., Humes, A.G., Gooding, R.U. 1963. Copepoda associated with west indian invertebrates. IV. The genera Octopicola, Pseudanthessius and Meomicola (Cyclopoida, Lichomolgidae). Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 18: 1-74.