Species Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987

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Species Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987

Anilocra apogonae Bruce, N.L. 1987. Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910 and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 85-130 [112].
Type data:
Holotype QM W12181 ♀, off St Helena Is., Moreton Bay, QLD, from Apogon fasciata.
Paratype(s) QM W10360, W10366, W10412, W10846; AM P11783, P36258–66; NTM Cr.4245.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait, Papua New Guinea.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast
- Northern Territory
- Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Apogonidae.

General References

Bruce, N.L. 1987. Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910 and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 85-130 (distribution, hosts)

Bruce, N.L. & Harrison-Nelson, E.B. 1988. New records of fish parasitic marine isopod crustaceans (Cymothoidae, subfamily Anilocrinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 585-602 (distribution)

Fogelman, R.M. & Grutter, A.S. 2008. Mancae of the parasitic cymothoid isopod, Anilocra apogonae: early life history, host-specificity, and effect on growth and survival of preferred young cardinal fishes. Coral Reefs 27: 685-693 (life history)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	06-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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