Species Tripaphylus australis (Kabata, 1993)
- Paeon australis Kabata, Z. 1993. Two new species of Copepod (Crustacea) parasitic on marine fishes. Systematic Parasitology 26: 233-239 [233].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH B.M. (N.H.) Reg. No. 1993.1. ♀ (Stradbroke Island, Queensland), Queensland.
Paratype(s) BMNH B.M. (N.H.) Reg. No. 1993.1. 4♀ (incomplete) (Stradbroke Island, Queensland), Queensland.
Generic Combinations
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: NE coast
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: ectoparasitic, marine.
Diagnosis
The foregoing makes it clear that P. australis resembles only one of the five known species of Paeon, i.e. P. versicolor. It shares with this species both a transversally elongate cephalothorax and a compact, abruptly expanding trunk. Wilson's (1919) figs 68-70, when compared with illustrations in this paper, clearly demonstrate, however, that these two copepods cannot belong to the same species. In P. versicolor the cephalothorax is trilobate and "somewhat obcordate in dorsal outline" (Wilson, 1919, p.596), with posterior margin "deeply invaginated" and the dorsal side "inflated". No such features exist in the cephalothorax of P. australis, which is smoothly rounded along its anterior and dorsal surfaces.
Diagnosis References
Kabata, Z. 1993. Two new species of Copepod (Crustacea) parasitic on marine fishes. Systematic Parasitology 26: 233-239 [237]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 | COPEPODA H. Milne Edwards, 1840 | 01-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |