Pseudione chiloensis Román-Contreras and Wehrtmann, 1997

Pardo, Luis Miguel, Boyko, Christopher B. & Mantelatto, Fernando L., 2009, Description of a new species of Asymmetrione (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) infesting the hermit crab Paguristes tomentosus (Anomura: Diogenidae) from Peru, with a key to species and a review of southeastern Pacific bopyrids, Journal of Natural History 43 (33 - 34), pp. 2041-2055 : 2051

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903094639
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/664D87EB-FF96-5050-FC19-76299287FD1E
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Pseudione chiloensis Román-Contreras and Wehrtmann, 1997
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Pseudione chiloensis Román-Contreras and Wehrtmann, 1997 View in CoL

Remarks

Pseudione chiloensis View in CoL is the only bopyrid known to parasitize caridean shrimps in this region. This species was found parasitizing the branchial chamber of Nauticaris magellanica View in CoL inhabiting massive subtidal mussel cultures at Chiloé Island ( Román-Contreras and Wehrtmann 1997). The prevalence was not recorded but Román-Contreras and Wehrtmann (1997) noted that after an intensive sampling effort over 4 years along the entire coast of Chile, only 11 individuals were collected, exclusively from Chiloé Island.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Isopoda
Family	Bopyridae
Genus	Pseudione