In:
Zootaxa, Magnolia Press, Vol. 4894, No. 3 ( 2020-12-10)
Abstract:
An undescribed entoniscid isopod was found to parasitize Monomia haani, a common portunid crab in Khanh Hoa province of Vietnam. The new species is the eighth in the genus Cancrion, the second species of Cancrion found parasitizing hosts in the family Portunidae, and the first member of the family Entoniscidae to be described from southeast Asia. The cryptoniscius larva of a species of Cancrion is described for the first time. The new entoniscid infests hosts with a prevalence of 10.1% and intensity of 1 or 2 females per host. A new family, genus and species of cryptoniscoid hyperparasite with novel female and cryptoniscus body morphology is also described; this is the first record of a hyperparasite found infesting an entoniscid isopod. The purported cryptoniscus larva of Tiarinion texopallium Shields & Ward, 1998 is shown to be that of a hyperparasitic cryptoniscoid isopod closely allied to the new Vietnamese hyperparasite and is described as a new species belonging to the new family and genus.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1175-5334
,
1175-5326
DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3
DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.4
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Magnolia Press
Publication Date:
2020
SSG:
12
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