Acrobelione halimedae
| Acrobelione halimedae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Bopyridae |
| Genus: | Acrobelione |
| Species: | A. halimedae
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrobelione halimedae (Boyko, Williams & Shields, 2017)
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Acrobelione halimedae is an isopoda parasite present in the waters off Singapore. First described in 2017, by Boyko, Williams & Shields.[1]
Description[edit]
Acrobelione halimedae is isopoda ectoparasite that infects the branchial chamber of the mud shrimp Austinogebia spinfrons of the coast of Singapore. The females measure up to 8.0 mm long, with a maximal width of 6.4 mm, head width 1.9 mm, and head length 1.5 mm. Currently there is no description of the male of the species.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acrobelione halimedae Boyko, Williams & Shields, 2017". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Parasites (Isopoda: Epicaridea and Nematoda) from ghost and mud shrimp (Decapoda: Axiidea and Gebiidea) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species of bopyrid isopod and clarification of Pseudione Kossmann, 1881" (PDF). Zootaxa.
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