Thylacoplethus isaevae sp. nov., a new colonial rhizocephalan (Crustacea: Rhizocephala: Thompsoniidae) parasitic on a north-west Pacific hermit crab Pagurus trigonocheirus

Thylacoplethus isaevae , a new species of colonial rhizocephalans, is described from the hermit crab Pagurus trigonocheirus collected in the Sea of Okhotsk, along the coast of Sakhalin Island. The new species differs from other known species of Thylacoplethus by the presence of complex spermatogenic...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Authors: Rybakov, Alexey V., Shukalyuk, Andrey I.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
Subjects:
Aquatic Science
Okhotsk
Pacific
Sakhalin
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315404010331h
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315404010331
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Summary:Thylacoplethus isaevae , a new species of colonial rhizocephalans, is described from the hermit crab Pagurus trigonocheirus collected in the Sea of Okhotsk, along the coast of Sakhalin Island. The new species differs from other known species of Thylacoplethus by the presence of complex spermatogenic bodies located within the mantle and the significantly larger size of its externae.

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