Species Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Livoneca renardi Bleeker, P. 1857. Recherches sur les Crustacés de l'Inde Archipélagique. II. Sur les isopodes Cymothoadiens de l'Archipel Indien. Acta Soc. Indo-Neerland. Batavia 2: 20-40 [28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH 78, 4611, Jakarta Bay, Java, Indonesia (as la mer de Batavia).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific Ocean.

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), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Strongylura spp. (Belonidae).

 

General References

Bruce, N.L. 1986. Revision of the isopod crustacean genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Cymothoidae: Flabellifera), parasitic on marine fishes. Journal of Natural History 20: 1089-1192 (Australian record, full synonymy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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