TY - JOUR AU - Conradi, Mercedes AU - Megina, César AU - López-González, Pablo J. PY - 2004/03/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Sibling species of copepods in association with Mediterranean gorgorians JF - Scientia Marina JA - Sci. mar. VL - 68 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.3989/scimar.2004.68n185 UR - https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/347 SP - 85-96 AB - Hitherto a single species of <i>Doridicola Leydig</i> (Poecilostomatoida: Rhynchomolgidae) has been found reported in association with gorgonians in Europe: Doridicola botulosus (Stock and Kleeton, 1963), living on the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791). During a survey along the Iberian Mediterranean coast, several specimens of D. botulosus were collected from its reported host. Furthermore, an undescribed species of <i>Doridicola</i> was discovered living in association with <i>Paramuricea clavata</i> (Risso, 1826), a Mediterranean gorgonian usually living in overlaps with that of <i>E. singularis</i>. Although the new species is close to <i>D. botulosus</i>, they differ in the oral appendages. A common origin of these two species was suggested. This is a good example of sibling species produced by the colonisation of two hosts with overlapping habitats ER -