Species Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857

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Species Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857

Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, P. 1857. Recherches sur les Crustacés de l'Inde Archipélagique. II. Sur les isopodes Cymothoadiens de l'Archipel Indien. Acta Soc. Indo-Neerland. Batavia 2: 20-40 [21].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 22 2♀ specimens, Jakarta (as Batavia), Indonesia.
Anilocra carpentariensis Avdeev, V.V. 1977. Three new species of parasitic isopods (Flabellifera, Anilocridae) from the collection of the Laboratory of Parasitology of Sea Animals of TINRO. Fisheries, Oceanography, Hydrobiology and Fish Parasitology of the Pacific Ocean 101: 139-144 [in Russian] [143].
Type data:
Holotype PRIV AGK 75053 (from Loligo sp.), Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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 [99]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Malayan region, Hong Kong, Philippines, tropical western Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka.

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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp., N coast, NE coast
- Northern Territory
- Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Monodactylidae, Leiognathidae, Nemipteridae (Pisces).

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 (redescription, distribution, host species)

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, figure)

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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