Family PETRARCIDAE Gruvel, 1905

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Introduction

Grygier (1987), who diagnosed the family, recognised two subfamilies. The subfamily Introcorniinae Grygier, 1987 has one genus, but this has not been found in Australia. Petrarcinae has two genera, both found in Australia. All are endoparasites of scleractinian corals. Grygier (1991) listed and illustrated several records of petrarcid infestations (galls in dried corals) from Western Australia and Queensland besides those with published identifications or descriptions of the parasites.

General References

Gruvel, A. 1905. Monographie des Cirrhipèdes ou Thécostracés. Paris : Masson et Cie, Editeurs 472 pp., 427 figs. [reprinted 1965 by A. Ascher & Co., Amsterdam, Netherlands]

Grygier, M.J. 1987. Classification of the Ascothoracida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100: 452-458

Grygier, M.J. 1991. Additions to the ascothoracidan fauna of Australia and south-east Asia (Crustacea, Maxillopoda): Synagogidae (part), Lauridae and Petrarcidae. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 1–46

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