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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

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)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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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

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	RHIZOCEPHALA Müller, 1862	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED