Australian Museum Journal Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes
- Shortform:
- Bruce, 1987, Rec. Aust. Mus. 39(2): 85–130
- Author(s):
- Bruce, Niel L.
- Year published:
- 1987
- Title:
- Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 85
- End page:
- 130
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.39.1987.166
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 05 May 1987
- Cover date:
- 05 May 1987
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA; FISHES; ECOLOGY
- Digitized:
- 23 January 2009
- Available online:
- 27 February 2009
- Reference number:
- 166
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (123kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (4288kb PDF)
Abstract
The genus Pleopodias is recorded from Australia for the first time. The genus is rediagnosed, and figures given for Pleopodias sp. and P. elongatus Richardson. Twelve Australian species of Anilocra are described and figured: A. alloceracea Koelbel, A. caudata Bovallius, A. dimidiata Bleeker, A. leptosoma Bleeker, A. longicauda Schiödte & Meinert, A. ankistra n. sp., A. apogonae n. sp., A. koolanae n. sp., A. morsicata n. sp., A. nemipteri n. sp., A. pomacentri n. sp., and A. soelae n. sp. Additional figures and descriptive notes are given for A. cavicauda Richardson, that species being revalidated. Anilocra carpentariensis Avdeev is synonymised with A. dimidiata. Keys are provided for the Australian genera of the Anilocra group, and the Australian species of Anilocra.