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Orophryxus shiinoi gen.nov., sp.nov., an unusual phryxid (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitic upon a pontoniid shrimp from Zanzibar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. J. Bruce
Affiliation:
East African Marine Fisheries Research Organization, Zanzibar*

Extract

A new species of phryxid (Isopoda, Bopyridae) found attached in the pterygostome region of a pontoniid shrimp, Periclimenes grandis (Stimpson), is described. The only specimen, found at Mazizini, Zanzibar, has been placed in a new genus, which is defined here. The parasite, Orophryxus shiinoi gen.nov., sp.nov., is the only bopyrid which has been found attached in the pterygostomial region.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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