A redescription and new host record for the parasitic isopod Pseudione tuberculata (Epicaridea: Bopyridae) from the Beagle Channel, Argentina
The branchial bopyrid Pseudione tuberculata infests species of the family Lithodidae (Anomura). Previously known as a parasite of Neolithodes diomedeae off Archipelago de los Chonos, Chile, and Paralomis granulosa from shallow waters in the Beagle Channel, Argentina, it is herein reported from a new...
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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00079723_v45_n2_p157_MirandaVargas |
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| Sumario: | The branchial bopyrid Pseudione tuberculata infests species of the family Lithodidae (Anomura). Previously known as a parasite of Neolithodes diomedeae off Archipelago de los Chonos, Chile, and Paralomis granulosa from shallow waters in the Beagle Channel, Argentina, it is herein reported from a new host, Lithodes santolla, also from shallow waters in the Beagle Channel, Argentina. The female and male of Pseudione tuberculata are redescribed in detail and fully illustrated. A comparison of the specimens from the Beagle Channel with those of the type series, and comments on the distribution of P. tuberculata are included. |
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