Species Paraergasilus curtus El-Rashidy & Boxshall, 2001

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Species Paraergasilus curtus El-Rashidy & Boxshall, 2001

Paraergasilus curtus El-Rashidy, H. & Boxshall, G.A. 2001. Biogeography and phylogeny of Paraergasilus Markevich, 1937 (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) with descriptions of two new species from the gills of grey mullet. Journal of Natural History 35(12): 1807-1819 [1811].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1999.1535 ♀, Socotra, Yemen.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1999.1536-1539 4♀, Socotra, Yemen.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Yemen
- Socotra Island

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia

Oriental Region

Philippines
Sri Lanka

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic, marine.

Diagnosis

The new species differs from P. dichotomus n. sp. as follows: it is significantly smaller with a mean body length of 0.33+/- 0.02mm compared to 0.47+/- 0.03mm in P. dichotomus, the antenna is more robust than in P. dichotomus, having a short, stout second endopodal segment, and the three antennary claws are nearly equal in length, whereas the branched claw is elongate in P. dichotomus.

ID Keys

Key to species: El-Rashidy & Boxshall 2001: 1817.

Diagnosis References

El-Rashidy, H. & Boxshall, G.A. 2001. Biogeography and phylogeny of Paraergasilus Markevich, 1937 (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) with descriptions of two new species from the gills of grey mullet. Journal of Natural History 35(12): 1807-1819 [1811]

History of changes

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023		30-Apr-2012	MOVED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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