Species Paraergasilus dichotomus El-Rashidy & Boxshall, 2001
- Paraergasilus dichotomus 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 [1808].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH No.1999.1540 ♀, New South Wales, Australia.
Paratype(s) BMNH No.1999.1541-1550 10♀, New South Wales, Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: ectoparasitic, marine.
Diagnosis
The new species can be grouped with those Paraergasilus species that lack a pair of posterolateral stylets on the cephalothorax. It differs from these and from all previously described Paraergasilus species in the presense of a bifid claw on the antenna.
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Jun-2023 | 30-Apr-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |