Anilocra apogonae
©Goran Nilsson: Fiveline Cardinalfish attached to Fiveline Cardinalfish at Lizard Island (aquarium photo)
©Goran Nilsson: Fiveline Cardinalfish attached to Fiveline Cardinalfish at Lizard Island (aquarium photo)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Cymothoidae
Genus
Anilocra
Species
Anilocra apogonae
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Bruce, N.L. (1986). Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes, Records of the Australian Museum, 39: 85-130. LIRS catalog number 221.
- Fogelman, R.M. and A.S. Grutter (2008). Mancae of the parasitic cymothoid isopod, Anilocra apogonae: early life history, host specificity, and the effect on growth and survival of preferred young cardinal fishes, Coral Reefs, 27: 685-693. LIRS catalog number 1146.
- Fogelman, R.M., A.M. Kuris and A.S. Grutter (2009). Parasitic castration of a vertebrate: effect of the cymothoid isopod, Anilocra apogonae, on the five-lined cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus, International Journal for Parsitology, 39: 577-583. LIRS catalog number 1233.
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