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


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

©Anne Hoggett: Adult female Gnathia falcipenis(microscope photo)

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

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

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 0.037 cm (Length) - applies to Type material including adults and 3rd stage larvae (Holdich and Harrison, 1980)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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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.
  • Holdich, D.M. and K. Harrison (1980). The crustacean isopod genus Gnathia Leach from Queensland waters with descriptions of nine new species, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 31(2): 215-240. LIRS catalog number 181.
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