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Anilocra abudefdufi Williams and Williams 1981

Description

Anilocra abudefdufi Williams and Williams, 1981

Material Examined: CNCR­20402; number of specimens: 2; SM station; collection date: 16/10/98.

Type locality: Nalunega, San Blas Islands, Panama.

Distribution: This species occurs in Panama and Colombia (Williams & Williams, 1981; Kensley & Schotte, 1989, 2000).

Range extension: This is the first record for the Gulf of Mexico at SM inlet, Tamulipas State, Mexico.

Remarks: Anilocra abudefdufi has previously only been reported from Panama and Colombia as a parasite of the sergeant major Abudefduf saxatilis (Linaeaus), attached beneath the eye of the host (Williams & Williams, 1981).

The salinity and temperature ranges measured at the site were 24 to 26 %o and 27 to 28 °C, respectively.

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Published as part of Cházaro-Olvera, Sergio, Winfield, Ignacio, Ortiz, Manuel & Álvarez, Fernando, 2002, Peracarid crustaceans from three inlets in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: new records and range extensions, pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 123 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155951

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References

  • Williams, L. B. & Williams, E. H. Jr. (1981) Nine new species of Anilocra (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) external parasites of West Indian coral reef fishes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94 (4), 1005 - 1047.
  • Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. (1989) Guide to the marine isopod crustaceans of the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, 308 pp.
  • Kensley, B. & Schotte, M. (2000) World list of marine and freswater Crustacea Isopoda. Smithsonian Institution, 106 p. Gopher: // nmnhgoph. si. edu / 00 /. docs / isoaqua _ info / about.