ASSOCIATED WITH ALCYONACEAN GENUS SARCOPHYTON IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

Thirteen species of lichomolgid copepods are reported from ten species of the soft coral Sarcoph;·ton in Madagascar, New Caledonia, and the Moluccas. These copepods include Perosyna indonesica n. gen., n. sp., eight new species belonging to the genus Anisomolgus, one new species in the genus Paradoridicola, and new records of Anisorrwlgus protentus, Anisomolg1,s incisus, and Paramolgus spathophorus. Two copepods, Anisomolgus protentus and Amsomclgz.s sarcoph)·licus, occur on various species of SarcophJ•Ion in all three widely separated geographical areas of collection. Seven of the 13 species occur with a single species of Sarcophyton, while the remaining six copepods live with 2-4 species of hosts. Sarcophyton glaucum har-bors the greatest number of species of copepods, seven in all. Until now most of the records of lichomolgid copepods associated with the soft coral genus Sarcophyton have been from Madagascar (Humes and Frost, 1964; Humes and Ho, 1968a; Humes and Stock, 1973), with the only other record being from New Caledonia (Humes, 1975). The various copepods and their hosts are listed at the conclusion of this work. In this paper the following new taxa are described: Perosyna indonesica n. gen.