Species Anilocra nemipteri Bruce, 1987

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Species Anilocra nemipteri Bruce, 1987

Anilocra nemipteri 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 [106].
Type data:
Holotype NMV J12947 ♀, Northwest Shelf, WA, from Nemipterus virgatus [18°54´S 118°12´E].
Paratype(s) NMV J12948–49; QM W10845, W11335, W12179–80; AM P36252–57.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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

Northern Shelf Province (25), 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: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., NE coast, NW coast
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, ectoparasitic, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Nemipteridae.

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, host species)

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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