New records of two species of parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Bopyridae: Athelginae) associated with hermit crabs from the south Atlantic

New records of two species of parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Bopyridae: Athelginae) associated with hermit crabs from the south Atlantic

Abstract Two species of bopyrid isopods from the subfamily Athelginae are recorded from new localities in northeastern Brazil. Parathelges foliatus Markham, 1972 was recorded for the first time from Brazil, in the state of Ceará, parasitising the hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Randall, 1840)....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Felipe Bezerra Ribeiro, Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Luís Ernesto Arruda Bezerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
Subjects:
Bopyrids
Parathelges
Pseudostegias
Taxonomy
Western Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492019000100237&lng=en&tlng=en
Description
Summary:Abstract Two species of bopyrid isopods from the subfamily Athelginae are recorded from new localities in northeastern Brazil. Parathelges foliatus Markham, 1972 was recorded for the first time from Brazil, in the state of Ceará, parasitising the hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Randall, 1840). Pseudostegias atlantica Lemos de Castro, 1965 is recorded from the state of Ceará, parasitising Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson, 1859. Illustrations, species diagnosis and an updated distribution map are given for each species.
ISSN:1807-0205

Similar Items