A new species and depth record of bopyrid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from a squat lobster in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

The branchial parasitic isopod Pleurocryptella altalis sp. nov. (Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) is described from the squat lobster host Munidopsis petalorhyncha Baba, 2005. The new species is morphologically similar to Pleurocryptella formosa Bonnier, 1900 and P. wolffi Bourdon, 1972b but can be distingu...

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Published in:European Journal of Taxonomy
Main Authors: Jason D. Williams, Christopher B. Boyko, Ivan N. Marin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2020
Subjects:
Ectoparasite
Epicaridea
Pleurocryptella
NW Pacific
Munidopsis
Zoology
QL1-991
Botany
QK1-989
Bonnier
Pacific
Kamchatka
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.724.1165
https://doaj.org/article/b8d7a202e2f74471bdc1190fa79d053b

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