Species Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987

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• Nerocila lomatia Bruce, N.L. 1987. Australian species of Nerocila Leach, 1818, and Creniola n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 355-412 [371].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM Cr.2302 ♀, 4 km north of Jones' Shoal, Cobourg Peninsula, NT.
  Paratype(s) NTM Cr.772 1♀ specimen; AM P37258 1♀ specimen; QM W4823 1♀ specimen; WAM 609-85, 610-85 2♀ specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

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 Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, N coast
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Upeneus bensasi (Mulidae).

 

General References

Bruce, N.L. 1987. Australian species of Nerocila Leach, 1818, and Creniola n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 355-412

 

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