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Filophryxus dorsalis gen.nov., sp.nov., an unusual bopyrid parasite from eastern Australia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
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An unusual new species of bopyrid parasite is described: unlike other bopyrids, the new species is attached on the dorsal surface of the abdomen of its host, a pontoniinid shrimp Periclimenes hertwigi Balss. A new genus has been erected for the parasite, Filophryxus dorsalis. It is distinguished from other genera by the presence of pereiopods I and II on the longer side of the body and pereiopods I, IV-VI on the shorter side, by three pairs of uniramous pleopods and no uropods on the abdomen. The specimen was collected off the Coast of Queensland, Australia, at a depth of 275 m.
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