Anilocra brillae

Anilocra brillae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cymothooidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Cladus: Scutocoxifera Subordo: Cymothoida Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Cymothoidae
Genus: Anilocra
Species: Anilocra brillae

Name

Anilocra brillae Welicky, Hadfield, Sikkel & Smit, 2017

Holotype: Ovigerous ♀ (38, 17, AMNH_IZC 250209), 2 Mar 1977, coll. EH and LB Williams.

Type locality: Lameshur Bay, St. John, 18°18'59"N, 64°43'25"W, US Virgin Islands. Host: Epinephelus guttatus

Paratypes: Ovigerous ♀ dissected (39, 15, AMNH_IZC 250210), Lameshur Bay, St. John, USVI, 2 Mar 1977 by EH and LB Williams.

ZooBank: 0D6D3D87-D9AD-46E3-B976-9A77D7245E34

References

Primary references

• Welicky, R.L., Hadfield, K.A., Sikkel, P.C. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Molecular assessment of three species of Anilocra (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) ectoparasites from Caribbean coral reef fishes, with the description of Anilocra brillae sp. n. ZooKeys 663: 21—43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.663.11415. Reference page. 

Links

• Anilocra brillae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Anilocra brillae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Anilocra brillae.
• ION
• Species-ID

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