A new species of Isocyamus (Amphipoda: Cyamidae) from Kogia breviceps (De Blainville, 1838) in Australian waters

• Published in: Systematic Parasitology
• Main Author: Sedlak-Weinstein E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992
• Subjects: Parasitology; 1100 Agricultural and Biological Sciences; 2405 Parasitology; Moreton; Queensland; Sperm whale
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:403494

Isocyamus kogiae n. sp. is described from a pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps (De Blainville, 1838) stranded on Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia. It belongs in the genus Isocyamus because of its white appearance, epaulette-like processes at the anterior dorsum of pereon segment 2, lateral spine...