Microdajus(Crustacea: Tantulocarida) parasitic on an Antarctic tanaidacean, and a range extension ofM. langiGreve
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Natural History
- Vol. 22 (6) , 1495-1505
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938800770921
Abstract
Ectoparasitic tantulocaridan crustaceans, Microdajus aporosus sp. nov., were found attached to the tanaidacean crustacean Meromonakantha macrocephala (Hansen) from 568 m in the Ross Sea. A single host bore on its pereiopods five expanded tantulus larvae with gestating males and two isolated cephalons of the parasite. Microdajus langi Greve is newly reported from the Gullmarfjord, Sweden. A recent comparison of tantulocaridan thoracopods to maxillopodan naupliar appendages is evaluated in the light of recent morphological and ontogenetic findings.Keywords
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