Biology:Albunione australiana
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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| Species: | Albunione australiana Markham & Boyko, 1999 [1]
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Albunione australiana is a species of marine parasitic isopod that belongs to the family Bopyridae, which is known to occur on the coast of Queensland Australia .[2] Albunea microps, a species of burrowing sand crabs, is a known host of A. australiana.[3]
Description
Like most species of Bopyridae, A. australiana experiences sexual dimorphism with the females being significantly larger than the males. Females have been measured at 9.6 mm in length, compared to males at 4.1 mm in length. Females have no eyes present, whereas males have dark eyes that are oddly shaped.[4]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Albunione australiana Markham & Boyko, 1999". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=0258752#sources.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Albunione australiana Markham & Boyko, 1999". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=0258752#sources.
- ↑ Markham, John (2010). "Memoirs of the Queensland Museum". Nature. https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31727/31727.pdf.
- ↑ Markham, John; Boyko, Christopher (1999) (in en). A new genus for Ione indecora Markham, 1988, a second record for that species, and a new congeneric species from Australia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae, Ioninae). American Museum of Natural History. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/315088#page/1/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q2314129 entry
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