Species Loxothylacus spinulosus Boschma, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• Loxothylacus spinulosus Boschma, H. 1928. The Rhizocephala of the Leiden Museum. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 11: 146-176 [172].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH specimen, Pacific Ocean (not better defined - found in Museum Goddefroy, host species is known only from southern Australia and New Zealand).

  Type host:

   Heteropanope serratifrons (Kinahan, 1856) [PILUMNIDAE] (now Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Kinahan, 1856), Smooth-handed Crab)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Type locality is "Pacific Ocean" but host species is known only from southern Australia and New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Central E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Kinahan, 1856) [PILUMNIDAE] Smooth-handed Crab), marine.

 

General References

Davie, P.D.F. 2004. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. pp. 1-641 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 19.3B. [414] (taxonomy and distribution of host species)

Moreton, B. & Lützen, J. 2008. Loxothylacus spinulosus (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) parasitising Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Decapoda: Pilumnidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In, Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. (Eds), Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54: 257-260

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	RHIZOCEPHALA Müller, 1862	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED