First record of the hyperparasite Liriopsis pygmaea (Cryptoniscidae, Isopoda) from a rhizocephalan parasite of the false king crab Paralomis granulosa from the Beagle Channel (Argentina), with a redescription

• Main Author: Roccatagliata, Daniel Carlos
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Beagle Channel; Cryptoniscid isopod; Liriopsis pygmaea; crab; isopod; morphology; new record; parasite; Argentina; South America; Western Hemisphere; World; Briarosaccus callosus; Chaceon affinis; Crustacea; Cryptoniscidae; Decapoda (Crustacea); Epicaridea; Isopoda; Limulus; Liriopsis; Paralomis; Paralomis granulosa; Jacquinot; South Georgia Island; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00222933_v39_n4_p311_Peresan; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00222933_v39_n4_p311_Peresan

The Cryptoniscidae are epicaridean isopod parasites or hyperparasites of other crustaceans. Liriopsis Schultze in Müller, 1859, one of the genera included in this family, now contains two nominal species: L. pygmaea (Rathke, 1843) and L. monophthalma (Fraisse, 1878). Both of these species infest rhi...