Species Probopyrus buitendijki (Horst, 1910)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Palegyge buitendijki Horst, R. 1910. Note V. Palaegyge Buitendijki, n. sp. parasitic on Palaemon carcinus Fabr. from Java. Notes from the Leyden Museum 32: 67-70 [67] [as Palaegyge, incorrect subsequent spelling].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RMNH No. 170, off Tandjok-Priok, Djakarta, Indonesia, on Macrobrachium rosenbergii as Palaemon carcinus (Palaemonidae).

  Secondary source:

   Markham, J.C. 1985. Redescription and systematic remarks on Probopyrus buitendijki (Horst, 1910) (Isopoda, Bopyridae), parasitic on Macrobrachium rosenbergi (De Man) in southeast Asia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 5: 673-682.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Southeast Asia from Bangladesh to Papua New Guinea.

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitic on Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Palaemonidae).

 

General References

Glazebrook, J.S., Owens, L. & Campbell, R.S.F. 1986. Diseases of Crustacea relevant to Australia. pp. 192-201 in Humphrey, J.D. & Langdon, J.S. (eds). Proceedings of a Workshop on Diseases of Australian Fish and Shellfish. Benalla : Australian Fish Health Reference Laboratory. (Australian record)

Markham, J.C. 1985. Redescription and systematic remarks on Probopyrus buitendijki (Horst, 1910) (Isopoda, Bopyridae), parasitic on Macrobrachium rosenbergi (De Man) in southeast Asia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 5: 673-682 (synonymy, redescription)

 

History of changes

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