Species Epipenaeon ingens Nobili, 1906

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epipenaeon ingens Nobili, G. 1906. Nuovi bopiridi. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze. Torino 41: 832-847 (alternatively pp. 1089-1130) [833].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, none published.
• Epipenaeon ingens latifrons Bourdon, R. 1979. Sur la taxonomie et l'éthologie de quelques Orbioninés (Isopoda Epicaridea). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 64: 425-435 [429].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA C3735 ♀, Darwin, NT, on "Tiger Prawn" (Penaeidae).
  Paratype(s) SAMA C3736 4♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nearhos, S.P. & Lester, R.J.G. 1984. New records of Bopyridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea) from Queensland waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21: 257-259 [257]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., N coast
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Penaeus spp. (Penaeidae).

 

General References

Bourdon, R. 1979. Sur la taxonomie et l'éthologie de quelques Orbioninés (Isopoda Epicaridea). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 64: 425-435 (Australian record)

Courtney, A.J. 1991. Occurrence and influence of bopyrid parasites on female penaeid prawns from coastal waters of central Queensland (Australia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 615-623 (effect on hosts)

Leigh, L. 1983. Bopyrid parasite Epipenaeon ingens Nobili as a biological marker for the banana prawn Penaeus merguensis de Man. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 477-481

Nearhos, S.P. & Lester, R.J.G. 1984. New records of Bopyridae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea) from Queensland waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21: 257-259 (Australian record)

Owens, L. & Glazebrook, J.S. 1985. The biology of bopyrid isopods parasitic on commercial penaeid prawns in northern Australia. pp. 105-113 in Rothlisberg, P.C., Hill, B.J. & Staples, D.J. (eds). Second Australian National Prawn Seminar. Cleveland : Publisher unknown. (Australian record, synonymy)

 

History of changes

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