Genus Sacculina Thompson, 1836

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Genus Sacculina Thompson, 1836

Sacculina Thompson, J.V. 1836. Natural history and metamorphosis of an anomalous crustaceous parasite of Carcinus maenas, the Sacculina carcini. Entomological Magazine. London 3: 452-456 [452].
Type species:
Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

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)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, NE coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
- Victoria: Bass Strait

General References

Høeg, J.T. & Lützen, J. 1996. Super-order des Rhizocéphales (Rhizocephala F. Müller, 1862). pp. 541-568 in Forest, J. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Publié sous la direction de Pierre-P. Grassé. Tome VII. Crustacés. Fascicule 2. Généralités (suite) et systématique (Céphalocarides à Syncarides). Paris : Masson éditeur 1002 pp. (taxonomy, diagnosis, distribution)

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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