Species Metaphrixus intutus Bruce, 1965

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Species Metaphrixus intutus Bruce, 1965

Metaphrixus intutus Bruce, A.J. 1965. An interesting new phryxiid (Epicaridae) parasitic on a pontoniniid shrimp. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 8: 385-390 [385].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Pange Reef, west coast Zanzibar Is., Tanzania, on Palaemonella vestigialis (Palaeomonidae: Pontinininae).
Paratype(s) BMNH.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East Africa (off Zanzibar Is.).

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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, N coast
- Northern Territory
- Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Palaemonella spp. and Periclimenes spp. (Palaemonidae: Pontinininae).

General References

Bruce, A.J. 1986. Metaphryxus intutus Bruce (Crustacea: Isopoda), a bopyrid parasite new to the Australian fauna. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 3: 213 (Australian record)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Aug-2022	05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	06-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
	29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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