Species Dissonus heronensis Kabata, 1966

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Species Dissonus heronensis Kabata, 1966

Dissonus heronensis Kabata, Z. 1966. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. V. Genus Dissonus (Dissonidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 9: 212-226 [221].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1966. 3.18.5. ♂ (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 characteristic features of the species are found in the distribution and number of spines on the ventral surface of the genital segment, as well as in the structure of the maxilliped and the armament of legs.

ID Keys

Key to the species of Dissinus: Kabata 1966: 225.

Diagnosis References

Kabata, Z. 1966. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. V. Genus Dissonus (Dissonidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 9: 212-226 [221]

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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