Species Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lepton parasiticum Dall, W.H. 1876. Mollusks. In Kidder, J.H. Contributions to the natural history of Kerguelen Island, made in conjunction with the United States "Transit-of-Venus" Expedition, 1874–5, II. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 3: 42-48 [45-46].
• Lepton costulatum Martens, E. von 1885. No title. Part of talks presented. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1885: 89-94 [94].
• Montacuta christenseni Grieg, J.A. 1929. Echinodermata from the Palmer Archipelago, South Shetlands, South Georgia and the Bouvet Island. Scientific Results of the Norwegian Antarctic Expeditions 1927-1928 2: 1-16 [14].

Generic Combinations

• Mysella parasitica (Dall, 1876). —
  Nicol, D. 1966. Descriptions, ecology, and geographic distribution of some Antarctic pelecypods. Bulletin of American Paleontology 51(231): 1-102 [59]
• Notolepton parasiticum (Dall, 1876). —
  Nicol, D. 1966. Descriptions, ecology, and geographic distribution of some Antarctic pelecypods. Bulletin of American Paleontology 51(231): 1-102 [59]
• Neolepton parasiticum (Dall, 1876). —
  Zelaya, D.G. & Ituarte, C. 2002. The identity of Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876) and description of Waldo trapezialis new species (Bivalvia: Galleomatoidea). Nautilus 16(4): 109-117 [110]
• Neodavisia parasiticum (Dall, 1876). —
  Zelaya, D.G. & Ituarte, C. 2002. The identity of Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876) and description of Waldo trapezialis new species (Bivalvia: Galleomatoidea). Nautilus 16(4): 109-117 [110]
• Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876). —
  Nicol, D. 1966. Descriptions, ecology, and geographic distribution of some Antarctic pelecypods. Bulletin of American Paleontology 51(231): 1-102 [59]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Circum Antarctic

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Commensal on sea urchins

General References

Nicol, D. 1966. Descriptions, ecology, and geographic distribution of some Antarctic pelecypods. Bulletin of American Paleontology 51(231): 1-102 [59-61]

RAMS 2010. Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876). De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS). 2011-05-18. http://www.scarmarbin.be/rams.php?p=taxdetails&id=197530 (species placed in Lasaeidae)

Zelaya, D.G. & Ituarte, C. 2002. The identity of Waldo parasiticus (Dall, 1876) and description of Waldo trapezialis new species (Bivalvia: Galleomatoidea). Nautilus 16(4): 109-117

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