Species Gongylophysema asetosum Grygier, 1987
- Gongylophysema asetosum Grygier, M.J. 1987. Antarctic records of asteroid-infesting Ascothoracida (Crustacea), including a new genus of Ctenosculidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100: 700-712 [705].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀, Antarctica [near tip of Antarctic Peninsula] [64°14.15'S, 62°3.60'W].
Paratype(s) USNM 10 specimens.Type host:
Odontaster validus Koehler, 1906 [ODONTASTERIDAE]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Antarctic Peninsula.
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory
Original AFD Distribution Data
Antarctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, cysticolous, marine, mesoparasitic (host(s): [ODONTASPIDIDAE] odontasterid asteroids).
General References
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. (Australian record based on material in SAM)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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