Sacculina quadrialata

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
Genera: Sacculina
Speciesː Sacculina quadrialata

Name

• Sacculina quadrialata Boyko & van der Meij, 2018ː 324
  • Symbiontː parasitic on gall crabs
  • Type localityː South Pilongga, Tidore, 00°42'44"N 127°28'47"E, Indonesia; type host Opecarcinus sp.
  • Typusː holotype female RMNH.Crus.C.10250 ; paratypes RMNH.Crus.C.53990, 10251, 10252, 10253, 10254
  • Distributionː Indonesia
  • ZooBank: A646BB1F-4BA5-46EE-96C1-AF7A4BDE1FCB

References

• Boyko, C.B. & van der Meij, S.E.T. 2018. A trifecta of Swiftian symbioses: stony corals, gall crabs and their parasites (Scleractinia; Brachyura: Cryptochiridae; Isopoda: Epicaridea and Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 304-329. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx115 pdf Reference page.  [See p. 324, original description]

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