Species Anilocra pomacentri Bruce, 1987
- Anilocra pomacentri 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 [124].
Type data:
Holotype QM W12182 ♀, Wistari Reef, Capricorn Group, QLD, from Chromis nitidus.
Paratype(s) QM W12183–84; AM P36270, P36285.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Parasitic on Pomacentridae.
General References
Adlard, R.D. & Lester, R.J.G. 1995. The life cycle and biology of Anilocra pomacentri (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), an ectoparasitic isopod of the coral reef fish, Chromis nitida (Perciformes: Pomacentridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 271-282 (life cycle and biology)
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)
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