species: Gnathia trimaculata in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Gnathia trimaculata


©Nico Smit and Lexa Grutter: Adult male Gnathia trimaculata from Lizard Island (microscope photo)

©Nico Smit and Lexa Grutter: Adult female Gnathia trimaculata from Lizard Island (microscope photo)

©Nico Smit and Lexa Grutter: Two third stage (pranzia) larvae Gnathia trimaculata from Lizard Island (microscope photo)

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

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
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References

  • Coetzee, M.L., N.J. Smit, A.S. Grutter and A.J. Davies (2009). Gnathia trimaculata n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), an ectoparasite found parasitising requiem sharks from off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Systematic Parasitology, 72: 97-112. LIRS catalog number 1232.
  • Wilson, G.D.F, C.A. Sims and A.S. Grutter (2011). Toward a taxonomy of the Gnathiidae (Isopoda) using juveniles: the external anatomy of Gnathia aureamaculosa zuphea stages using scanning electron microscopy, Journal of Crustacean Biology, 31(3): 509-522. LIRS catalog number 1873.