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Species Cirracanthus spinosus Dojiri & Cressey, 1987

  • Cirracanthus spinosus Dojiri & Cressey, 1987.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Booby Island (QLD), Great Barrier Reef (QLD), Shark Bay (WA), Carnarvon (WA). Also Ashmore reef in the Timor Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria


Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): [MONACANTHIDAE] Filefish).

Extra Ecological Information

Found predominately on gill filament lamellae, rarely on the branchial cavity wall, of FIlefish

Associated Fauna References

Tang, D., Uyeno, D. & Nagasawa, K. 2011. Parasitic copepods of the family Taeniacanthidae (Crustacea) from triggerfishes (Teleostei, Balistidae) and filefishes (Teleostei, Monacanthidae) collected in the Indo-West Pacific region, with descriptions of two new species of Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871. Zootaxa 3103: 33-56 [54] ([MONACANTHIDAE] Filefish)

 

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)
26-Jun-2023 COPEPODA H. Milne Edwards, 1840 26-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023 POECILOSTOMATOIDA Thorell, 1859 01-Jun-2023 MODIFIED
30-Apr-2012 ADDED