title: [New and recognized species of copepods (Chitonophilidae)--parasites of chitons of Northern Pacific].
abstract: Descriptions and figures of the following new and recognized species of copepods parasitizing chitons are given: Leptochitonicola sphaerica sp. n. from Leptochiton rugatus (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892) from the Sea of Japan, Leptochitonicola intermedia sp. n. from Leptochiton sp. from off Eastern Kamchatka, L. hanleyellai sp. n. from Hanleyella asiatica Sirenko, 1973 from near Commanders Islands, Leptochitonicola attenuata sp. n. from Leptochiton cf. rugatus from near the Bering Sea coast of Bering Island, Ischnochitonika kurochkini sp. n. on Lepidozona multigranosa Sirenko, 1975, L. kobjakovae kobjakovae (Jakovleva, 1952) and L. albrechti (Schrenck, 1863) all from the Sea of Japan and Okhotsk Sea, Ischnochitonica aleutica sp. n. on Leptochiton cf. belknapi from near the Aleutian Islands and from Kronotsky Bay, and Leptochitonoides vitiasi gen. et sp. n. from Leptochiton cf. belknapi from near Prince Wales Island. Ischnochitonica lasalliana Franz et Bullock, 1990 and I. japonica Nagasawa et al., 1991 are redescribed, new hosts and localities are given. New data on other chitonophilids are reported including recognized species. The amended diagnoses of the genera Ischnochitonika Franz et Bullock, 1990 and Leptochitonicola Avdeev et Sirenko, 1991 are provided.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Avdeev
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Sirenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033342:Copepoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005843:Geography; D008297:Male; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D049916:Polyplacophora / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity