Family CTENOSCULIDAE Thiele, 1925
Compiler and date details
31 May 2009 - Gary C. B. Poore & Mark J. Grygier
Introduction
Grygier (1987) diagnosed the family. Two of the three genera are represented in Australia, and the third is known from Antarctic waters, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. All are cysticolous mesoparasites of asteroids (Grygier 1988).
General References
Grygier, M.J. 1987. Classification of the Ascothoracida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100: 452-458
Grygier, M.J. 1988. Unusual and mostly cysticolous crustacean, molluscan, and myzostomidan associates of echinoderms. pp. 775-784 in Burke, R.D., Mladenov, P.V., Lambert, P. & Parsley, R.L. (eds). Echinoderm Biology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Echinoderm Conference, Victoria, 23–28 August 1987. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema.
Thiele, J. 1925. Prosobranchia. pp. 40-94 in Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter Vol. 5.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |