Species Argathona macronema (Bleeker, 1857)
- Aega macronema 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 [23].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH, Near Jakarta, Indonesia, as 'la mer de Batavia'. - Argathona similis Richardson, H. 1910. Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by U.S. Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" in 1907–1908. Department of Commerce Bureau of Fisheries Document 736: 1-44 [11].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 41015 ♂, Limbé Strait, Celebes [Sulawesi, Indonesia].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bruce, N.L. 1982. Species of Argathona Stebbing, 1905 (Isopoda, Corrallanidae) new to Australia, with description of two new species. Crustaceana 42: 12-25 [13]
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-West Pacific Ocean.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic, epizoic, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
In nasal passages of Cromileptes spp. and Plectropoma spp. (Serranidae).
General References
Bruce, N.L. 1982. Species of Argathona Stebbing, 1905 (Isopoda, Corrallanidae) new to Australia, with description of two new species. Crustaceana 42: 12-25 (summary of Australian records)
History of changes
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