Planktonic Phases in Symbiotic Copepods: a Review

Susumu Ohtsuka and Ione Madinabeitia and Hirofumi Yamashita and B. A. Venmathi Maran and Eduardo Suárez-Morales and Ju-shey Ho (2018) Planktonic Phases in Symbiotic Copepods: a Review. Bulletin, Southern California Academy of Sciences, 117 (2). pp. 104-119.

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Abstract

In symbiotic copepods, most naupliar stages are typically planktonic, playing a primary role in dispersal, while the first copepodid usually represents the infective stage. Later copepodid stages, including adults, are associated with host organisms. Many symbiotic copepods have abbreviated life cycles, with a reduced number of naupliar stages and two different feeding habits. These patterns are presumably related to distinct life cycles strategies. Exceptional cases are exemplified by members of the Monstrillidae and Thaumatopsyllidae, both of which are protelean parasites, with infective nauplii and nonfeeding planktonic adults. In the Caligidae, the life cycle follows a generalized pattern, but adults of many species like Caligus undulatus seem to exhibit a dual mode of life involving host switching. Adults leaving the first host become temporarily planktonic before attaching to the final host. This dual mode of life is also found in adults of the Ergasilidae. Abbreviation of the planktonic phase is characteristic for some symbiotic taxa, thus suggesting that they have evolved to become highly efficient in locating and infecting new hosts without needing long-distance larval dispersal. The life cycle of copepods associated with zooplankters is also briefly reviewed. Zooplankters are clearly less used as hosts by copepods than benthic invertebrates. It is likely that symbiotic copepods dynamically utilize planktonic phases in their life cycle, thus maintaining the balance between dispersal, host location, reproduction, and predator-avoidance strategies.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: Planktonic, Symbiotic Copepods
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history
Department: INSTITUTE > Borneo Marine Research Institute
Depositing User: SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2019 18:08
Last Modified: 17 Jul 2019 18:08
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22724

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