Argathona rhinoceros ( Bleeker, 1857 )

Bruce, Niel L., Wong, Helen P. - S. & Merrin, Kelly L., 2022, The genus Argathona Stebbing, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Corallanidae) in Singapore marine waters, with description of two new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 70, pp. 492-510 : 505-506

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2022-0027

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC3D075F-99EC-4FF4-B6C0-8979186C211E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7502267

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC87EF-E839-8B21-0AE5-F8A8FECDFB9E

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scientific name

Argathona rhinoceros ( Bleeker, 1857 )
status

 

Argathona rhinoceros ( Bleeker, 1857) View in CoL

Restricted synonymy:

Argathona rhinoceros View in CoL . — Monod, 1976: 853, fig. 1–4.— Bruce, 1982b: 14, fig. 1.— Delaney, 1989: 17, figs 1B, 7, 8.

Argathona rhinocerous . — Anil, Das and Jayaraj, 2018: 297, figs 2–4 [lapsus].

Argathona cf. rhinoceros View in CoL . — Bruce & Wong, 2015: 160.

Material examined: Female (non-ovig. 15.4 mm), Lazarus Island, 01°13.317′N, 103°51.170′E, 23 May 2013, SCUBA GoogleMaps , from Blue-ring Angelfish Pomacanthus annularis , depth, 16.2 m, stn SD 45, SS-0828, coll. Heok Hui Tan & party ( ZRC.2022.0014). GoogleMaps Female (non-ovig. 13.8 mm), Cyrene Reef, 01°15.374′N, 103°44.816′E, 27 May 2013, hand collected, intertidal, tide at 0.2-1.2 m, stn. IT86, SS-1917, coll. Lee Yen-Ling & party ( ZRC.2022.0015). GoogleMaps Imm. (c. 13 mm), Kusu Island, 01°13.274′N, 103°51.659′E, 03 Jun 2013, SCUBA GoogleMaps , hand collected, depth 19.1 m, stn. SD166, SS-4217, coll. Heok Hui Tan & party ( ZRC.2022.0016) .

Remarks: Argathona rhinoceros can be recognised by the smooth body surface and prominent rounded rostrum ( Monod 1976: 854, figs. 1, 2). This species has been widely reported from fish, primarily groupers. The specimens here were taken from the Blue-ringed Angelfish, Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch) . The strong association with fish may be connected to the smooth body surfaces shown by this species, in contrast to many other species in the genus. Photos of this species can be seen at the website “The Biodiversity of Singapore ” at the following link: https://singapore.biodiversity.online/ species/A-Arth-Crus-Isopoda-000098

Fish hosts are Pomacanthus annularis (present work); Lutjanus sp. (as Emperor) ( Bruce 1982b); Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Scneider) , Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål) , Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes) , Variola louti (Forsskål) , Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède) (all from Delaney, 1989).

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Corallanidae

Genus

Argathona

Loc

Argathona rhinoceros ( Bleeker, 1857 )

Bruce, Niel L., Wong, Helen P. - S. & Merrin, Kelly L. 2022
2022
Loc

Argathona rhinocerous

Anil P & Das T & Jayaraj, KA 2018: 297
2018
Loc

Argathona cf. rhinoceros

Bruce NL & Wong HPS 2015: 160
2015
Loc

Argathona rhinoceros

Delaney PM 1989: 17
Bruce NL 1982: 14
Monod T 1976: 853
1976
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