Sacculina spectabilis

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 spectabilis

Name

• Sacculina spectabilis Boschma, 1948ː 939
  • Symbiontː parasitic on Majoidea
  • Type localityː Siboga station 164, south of Sulawesi; type host Acanthophrys longispinosus
  • Typusː
  • Distributionː East Indies
  • ZooBank: 96F0A8E5-2AE6-4CBB-B54B-9E97D2A58329

References

• Boschma, H. 1948. Some rhizocephalan parasites of maiid crabs. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen 51(8): 939-949. Reference page.  [See p. 939, original description]

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• Boschma, H. 1958. Peltogaster contortus, a new rhizocephalan from South Africa. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C 61(4): 431-437. Reference page.  [See p. 44, distribution, host, illustrations]