Bambalocra intwala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cymothooidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Cladus: Scutocoxifera Subordo: Cymothoida Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Cymothoidae
Genus: Bambalocra
Species: Bambalocra intwala

Name

Bambalocra intwala Bruce, Welicky, Hadfield & Smit, 2019

Type locality: Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal, South africa

Holotype: SAMC-A091364, 1 ♀ (ovigerous, 23.5 mm TL, 12 mm W); Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal; 27°32'S, 32°41'E; April 1979; host not recorded, coll. R.E. Stobbs.

Paratypes:

SAMC-A091365, 1 ♂ (immature, 7.5 mm TL, 3.0 mm W) 3 ♀♀ (23–24 mm TL, 11.0–12.0 mm W); same data as holotype.
SAMC-A091365, 1 ♀ (20.0 mm TL, 11.0 mm W); Sodwana Bay, Kwazulu-Natal; 27°30'S, 32°41'E; 12.8 m depth; July 1976; host not recorded, coll. Richard Winterbottom (RW 76-14).
SAMC-A091367, 1 ♀ (21.0 mm TL, 11.5 mm W); Durban Sea World; September 2003; from a dwarf angelfish (Centropyge).

ZooBank: 6C41B5E7-9853-48E9-8DBF-3BDD1661AE07

References

Primary references

Bruce, N.L., Welicky, R.L., Hadfield, K.A. & Smit, N.J. 2019. A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae. ZooKeys, 889: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.889.38638 Reference page. [original description: p. 4-11, figs. 1-5]

Links

Bambalocra intwala in the World Register of Marine Species

BHL bibliography
Bambalocra intwala – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bambalocra intwala.
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