A New Genus and Species of Bopyrid Isopod Parasitic on the Western Atlantic Porcellanid Pachycheles ackleianus A. Milne Edwards

A New Genus and Species of Bopyrid Isopod Parasitic on the Western Atlantic Porcellanid Pachycheles ackleianus A. Milne Edwards

A description is given of the pseudionine bopyrid isopod Kolourione premordica , new genus, new species, a branchial parasite of the porcellanid crab Pachycheles ackleianus A. Milne Edwards from the Gulf of Mexico, Hispaniola, St. Lucia and Curacao. The new genus occupies an advanced position in the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 1978-01, Vol.91 (2), p.483-489
1. Verfasser: Markham, J C
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Sprache:eng
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Pachycheles ackleianus
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Zusammenfassung:A description is given of the pseudionine bopyrid isopod Kolourione premordica , new genus, new species, a branchial parasite of the porcellanid crab Pachycheles ackleianus A. Milne Edwards from the Gulf of Mexico, Hispaniola, St. Lucia and Curacao. The new genus occupies an advanced position in the subfamily Pseudioninae and is highly distinctive in that the female's pleon is concave posteriorly.
ISSN:0006-324X