Sacculina oblonga, new species (Cirripedia : Rhizocephala), parasitic on the grapsid crab Cyclograpsus intermedius (Decapoda : Brachyura) from Japan

Authors
Lutzen, J Yamaguchi, T
Citation
J. Lutzen et T. Yamaguchi, Sacculina oblonga, new species (Cirripedia : Rhizocephala), parasitic on the grapsid crab Cyclograpsus intermedius (Decapoda : Brachyura) from Japan, J CRUS BIOL, 19(4), 1999, pp. 886-890
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
02780372 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
886 - 890
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-0372(199911)19:4<886:SONS(:>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A new species of rhizocephalan. Sacculina oblonga, is described and illustr ated on the basis of material collected from Amakusa Island, Kyushu, Japan. It parasitizes the littoral crab Cyclographsus intermedius. It could not b e determined whether earlier records of sacculinid species from Japanese C. intermedius belong to the same species.