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Prophryxus globicaudatus gen.nov., sp.nov., a hemiarthrinid bopyrid parasite of pontoniinid shrimps of the genus Coralliocaris Stimpson

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. J. Bruce
A. J. Bruce
Affiliation:
East African Marine Fisheries Research Organization, Zanzibar
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Prophryxus, a new genus of hemiarthrinid bopyrid from Kenya, is described. The only species, P. globicaudatus, is parasitic upon the shrimp Coralliocaris graminea (Dana). Prophryxus is considered to be most closely related to the genus Hemiarthrus Giard & Bonnier, from which it differs in the morphology of the abdominal appendages. It is most remarkable for the presence of a sucker-like organ on the dorsum of the cephalon, a feature unique in the Bopyridae.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , December 1973 , pp. 365 - 373
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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