Caribulus sculptus

Classification

Synapticolidae [family]

Caribulus [genus] (2)

sculptus [species]

Classification

Synapticolidae [family]

Caribulus [genus] (2)

sculptus [species]

Presence

Recorded on	Bonaire
	Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao

Distribution description	Associated with the Cnidarian host Holothuria mexicana Ludwig, 1875.

Publications

Humes, A.G. 1969. Copepods of the genus Scambicornus (Cyclopoida, Lichomolgidae). Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 29: 79-95.
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]