species: Gnathia calmani in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Gnathia calmani


©Nico Smit and Lexa Grutter: Adult male Gnathia calmani (microscope photo)

©Nico Smit and Lexa Grutter: Third stage larva (pranzia) Gnathia calmani (microscope photo)

©Anne Hoggett: Third stage larva (pranzia) Gnathia calmani (microscope photo)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Gnathiidae
Genus Gnathia
Species Gnathia calmani

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Curtis, L. (2010). Haemogregarine blood parasites in triggerfish and surgeonfish: distribution, transmission & implications for their host fish, PhD thesis, University of Queensland. LIRS catalog number 1620.
  • Curtis, L.M., A.S. Grutter, N.J. Smit and A.J. Davies (2013). Gnathia aureamaculosa, a likely definitive host of Hemogregarina balistapi and potential vector for Hemogregarina bigemina between fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, International Journal for Parasitology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.11.012. LIRS catalog number 1611.
  • Jones, C.M. and A.S. Grutter (2007). Variation in emergence of parasitic and predatory isopods among habitats at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 150: 919-927. LIRS catalog number 963.