species: Anilocra nemipteri in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
Frankland Island Group, QLD does not include Anilocra nemipteri.
Anilocra nemipteri


©Simon Gingins: Parasitic isopod, Anilocra nemipteri,attached to the head of fish Scolopsis bilineata at Lizard Island

©Marianne Dwyer: Anilocra nemipteri on head of Scolopsis lineata, among mangrove roots, Mangrove Beach, Lizard Island. Algae appears to be growing on the isopod.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Isopoda
Family Cymothoidae
Genus Anilocra
Species Anilocra nemipteri

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References

  • Binning, S.A., D.G. Roche and C. Layton (2012). Ectoparasites increase swimming costs in a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, 9: 20120927. LIRS catalog number 1588.
  • Bruce, N.L. (1986). Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes, Records of the Australian Museum, 39: 85-130. LIRS catalog number 221.
  • Grutter, A.S. (1997). Spatiotemporal variation and feeding selectivity in the diet of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus, Copeia, 1997: 346-355. LIRS catalog number 505.
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