New Species of the Genus Anthessius (copepoda,, Cyclopoida) Associated .with Mollusks in Madagascar

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Abstract	Four species of Anthessius are already known from Madagascar, all of them from pelecypods at Nosy Bé. They comprise Anthessius pinnae Humes, 1959, from Pinna moricata L., and three other species. from Tridacna whose descriptions are currently in press (Humes and Stock). This report deals with three new species of Anthessius, two from opisthobranchs and one from a pelecypod. These were collected at Nosy Bé by the first author during 1963-64 as part of the work of the US. Program in Biology, of the International Indian Ocean Expedition. The study of the material ha; been aided by a grantfrom the National Science Foundation of the United States. The authors wish to thank Dr.William J.Clench of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, ” Harvard University, for the identification of the pelecypod and Mrs..J. Niissen-Meyer of the Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, for the determinations of the opisthobranchs. It is a pleasure als’o to express appreciation for the .help received from the staff’of the Centre d’océanographie et des Pêches at Nosy Bé during the year.and a half when the first author was resident there.
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