Thylacoplethus minutus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhizocephala
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: Thecostraca Subclassis: Cirripedia Superordo: Rhizocephala

Familia: Thompsoniidae
Genusː Thylacoplethus
Speciesː Thylacoplethus minutus

Name

• Thylacoplethus minutus Lützen & Nagasawa, 1998ː 183
  • Symbiontː Parasitic on alpheid shrimp
  • Type localityː Murray Island, Torres Strait, northern Australia; type host Synalpheus stimpsoni
  • Typusː holotype Holotype: BMNH 1997.2023
  • Distributionː Northern and Eastern Australia
  • ZooBank: 26752396-84E2-467F-96F2-D8C4147D2C30

References

• Lützen, J. & Nagasawa, K. 1998. Two akentrogonid rhizocephalans (Crustacea, Cirripedia) parasitic on shrimps, Thylacoplethus edwardsi Coutière from Japan and T. minutus sp. nov. from Australia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Tokyo, Series A 24(3): 177-184. Reference page.  [See p. 183, original description]

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