Athelges sp.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10108824 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CBF84197-175F-4838-B39E-E8F6DF048981 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE5487B5-8403-FF84-FBE9-F8D7FD0AFDC9 |
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Valdenar |
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Athelges sp. |
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(Fig. 3F)
Material examined. Australia: Immature female (1.2 mm) ( MV J62876 View Materials ), infesting juvenile Paguristes sulcatus (1.6 mm SL), inhabiting unknown shell, by boat ramp, Giles Point ,
South Australia, 35°03’00’S 137°46’00”E, coll. G.C.B. Poore & H.M. Lew Ton, 19 March 1985 .
Hosts. Diogenidae : Paguristes sulcatus .
Remarks. Both the female and the male are too immature to assign to species, and the South Australia locality is of little help, as no Athelges species are known from this state. It could be Athelges ankistron , which is known from the same host in Tasmania. The juvenile female (Fig. 3F) exhibits differential development of pleopods, with elongate exopods and short rounded endopods (the adult exopods and endopods are subequal in size). The pleotelson is proportionately much larger in the juvenile compared to adult females.
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University of Montana Museum |
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