A new species of Aspidophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Dajidae) from Caribbean mysid shrimp

Abstract: A new species of dajid isopod in the genus Aspidophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883 is described from three females and one male found infesting the lateral carapace of Heteromysis (Olivemysis) actiniae Clarke, 1955 (Mysidae: Heteromysinae) associated with the corkscrew anemone Bartholomea annulata (Lesuer, 1817) (Anthozoa: Aiptasiidae) from the British Virgin Islands. This is the first record of the genus from the western Atlantic; three other species are known from northern European waters, the central Atlantic and Japan, all on mysid hosts. The new species is the first dajid recorded from tropical Caribbean waters. A key to species in the genus and a list of all known hosts with parasite orientation are provided.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
A new species of Aspidophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Dajidae) from Caribbean mysid shrimp ; volume:57 ; number:4 ; year:2012 ; pages:397-401 ; extent:5
Acta parasitologica ; 57, Heft 4 (2012), 397-401 (gesamt 5)

Creator
Boyko, Christopher
Williams, Jason

DOI
10.2478/s11686-012-0052-3
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405081623371.968985942086
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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