Species Dissonus manteri Kabata, 1966
- Dissonus manteri Kabata, Z. 1966. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. V. Genus Dissonus (Dissonidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 9: 212-226 [218].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1966.3.18.4. ♀ (Heron Island, Queensland), Queensland.
Paratype(s) BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1966.3.18.3. 2♀ ♂, New Caledonia; BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1966.3.18.4. 2♀ (Heron Island, Queensland), Queensland; BMNH B.M. (N.H.) 1966.3.18.4. 3♀ (Heron Island, Queensland), Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
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
A unique feature, distinguishing this species not only from the other species of Dissonus, but also from all other caligoids known to the author, is a small structure (fig. 4E), present in the place normally occupied by the sternal furca. This appendage, not more than 30µm long, has been observed in all the specimens examined, both male and female.
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 [218]
History of changes
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| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |