Portunion conformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bopyroidea

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: Bopyroidea

Familia: Entoniscidae
Genus: Portunion
Species: Portunion conformis

Name

• Portunion conformis Muscatine, 1956

Primary references

• Muscatine, L. 1956: A new entoniscid (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Pacific coast. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 46(4): 122-126. BHL

References

• Virus particles in an internal parasite, Portunion conformis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Entoniscidae), and its marine crab host, Hemigrapsus oregonensis.
• Post-larval mortality of the endoparasitic isopod castrator Portunion conformis (Epicardea: Entoniscidae) in the shore crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis with a description of the host response.
• Ectopic infections of Portunion conformis (Isopoda: Entoniscidae) in Hemigrapsus spp.
• Incidence of the entoniscid parasite, Portunion conformis Muscatine (Crustacea: Isopoda) in the mudcrab Hemigrapsus oregonensis from San Diego County, California.
• Plitz, F.M. 1969: A record of the entoniscid parasite, Portunion conformis Muscatine (Crustacea: Isopoda), infecting two species of Hemigrapsus. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 68(4): 257-259. BHL

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