Biology:Choniomyzon

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans


Choniomyzon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Nicothoidae
Genus: Choniomyzon
Pillai, 1962

Choniomyzon is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:[1] One species, C. inflatus, is a parasite of the eggs of the slipper lobster Ibacus novemdentatus.[2]

  • Choniomyzon inflatus Wakabayashi et al., 2013
  • Choniomyzon libiniae Santos & Björnberg, 2004
  • Choniomyzon panuiri Pillai, 1962

References

  1. T. Chad Walter (2012). "Choniomyzon Pillai, 1962". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346972. 
  2. Kaori Wakabayashi; Shusaku Otake; Yuji Tanaka; Kazuya Nagasawa (2013). "Choniomyzon inflatus n. sp. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Nicothoidae) associated with Ibacus novemdentatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from Japanese waters". Systematic Parasitology 84 (2): 157–165. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9397-0. PMID 23299753. 

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