Species Clavellodes pterobrachiata Kabata, 1968

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Species Clavellodes pterobrachiata Kabata, 1968

Clavellodes pterobrachiata Kabata, Z. 1968. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. VIII. Families Lernaeopodidae and Naobranchiidae. Journal of Natural History 12 2: 505-523 [518].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1967.1.30.1 ♀ (Heron Island, Queensland), Queensland.
Paratype(s) BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1967.1.30.1 ♂ (Heron Island, Queensland), Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic, marine.

Diagnosis

The structure of the second maxillae is sufficiently unique to assign this specimen to a new species. As far as the author is aware, no other species currently or in the past included in the genus Clavellodes has similar, flap-like, expansions on the lateral aspects of this part of the body.

Diagnosis References

Kabata, Z. 1968. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. VIII. Families Lernaeopodidae and Naobranchiidae. Journal of Natural History 12 2: 505-523 [518]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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