Species Sacculina granifera Boschma, 1973
- Sacculina granifera Boschma, H. 1973. Sacculina granifera nov. spec., a rhizocephalan parasite of the crab Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus) from the coast of Queensland. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen 76C: 313-318 [313].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM P11653 2 specimens, mouth of Brisbane River, QLD; AM P6032 1 specimen, Bowen Harbour, Port Denison, QLD.Type host:
Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PORTUNIDAE]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IMCRA
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
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PORTUNIDAE] Sand Crab), marine.
General References
Bishop, R.K. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1979. Morbid behaviour of the commercial sand crab Portunus pelagicus parasitized by Sacculina granifera Boschma, 1973 (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Journal of Fish Diseases 2: 131-144
Gaddes, S.W. & Sumpton, W.D. 2004. Distribution of the barnacle epizoites of the crab Portunus pelagicus in the Moreton Bay region, eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 55: 241-248
Phillips, W.J. 1978. Some parasitic barnacles (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) from portunid crabs in Moreton Bay, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 18: 255-263 [256] (figures)
Phillips, W.J. & Cannon, L.R.G. 1978. Ecological observations on the commercial sand crab, Portunus pelagicus (L.), and its parasite, Sacculina granifera Boschma, 1973 (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala). Journal of Fish Diseases 1: 137-149
Shields, J.D. 1992. Parasites and symbionts of the crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, eastern Australia. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12: 94-100
Shields, J.D. & Wood, F.E.I. 1993. Impacts of parasites on the reproduction and fecundity of the blue sand crab Portunus pelagicus from Moreton Bay, Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 92: 159-170
Sumpton, W.D., Potter, M.A. & Smith, G.S. 1994. Parasitism of the commercial sand crab Portunus pelagicus (L.) by the rhizocephalan Sacculina granifera Boschma, 1973 in moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 169-175
Weng, H.T. 1987. The parasitic barnacle Sacculina granifera Boschma affecting the sand crab Portunus pelagicus L. in populations from two different environments in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Fish Diseases 10: 221-228
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | RHIZOCEPHALA Müller, 1862 | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-May-2021 | MODIFIED |