Loxothylacus variabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhizocephala
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: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Rhizocephala

Familia: Sacculinidae
Genusː Loxothylacus
Speciesː Loxothylacus variabilis

Name

• Loxothylacus variabilis Boschma, 1940ː 280
  • Symbiontː parasitic on Xanthidae
  • Type localityː near Koepang, Timor, reef; type host Chlorodiella nigra
  • Typusː holotype reg. number unk; paratype RMNH.CRUS.C.1936, RMNH.CRUS.C.1946, RMNH.CRUS.C.1947, RMNH.CRUS.C.1948
  • Distributionː Timor, Celebes
  • ZooBank: BF83C2AF-1142-4FA4-8DB1-F32D5E9F0E4F

Synonyms

• Loxothylacus murex Boschma, 1950ː 996
  • Type localityː Benkulon, Sumatra; type host Xanthius lamarcki
  • Typusː holotype ZMB 2788; paratype RMNH.CRUS.C.1940
  • ZooBank: 49FB4EC8-A4B1-40DE-86E5-04B3BABE1FF8
  • Synonymized by

References

• Boschma, H. 1940. Biological Results of the Snellius Expedition. VIII. Some Rhizocephala of the genus Loxothylacus. ''Temminckia'' 5ː 273–372. PDF Reference page.  [See p. 280, original desciption]

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• Boschma, H. 1950. Some rhizocephalan parasites of xanthid crabs. Proceedings of the Section of Sciences. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 53(7)ː 996–1004. Reference page.  [See p. , as Loxothylacus murex]
• Boschma, H. 1955. The described species of the family Sacculinidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen 27(1)ː 1–76. pdf Reference page.  [See p. 33, as Loxothylacus murex; see p. 47, as Loxothylacus variabilis, hosts, distribution]