Albunione australiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Isopoda
Family:
Bopyridae
Genus:
Albunione
Species:
Albunione australiana

Markham & Boyko, 1999 [1]

Albunione australiana is a species of marine parasitic isopod that belongs to the family Bopyridae, which is known to occur on the coast of Queensland Australia.[2] Albunea microps, a species of burrowing sand crabs, is a known host of A. australiana.[3]

Description

Like most species of Bopyridae, A. australiana experiences sexual dimorphism with the females being significantly larger than the males. Females have been measured at 9.6 mm in length, compared to males at 4.1 mm in length. Females have no eyes present, whereas males have dark eyes that are oddly shaped.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Albunione australiana Markham & Boyko, 1999". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Albunione australiana Markham & Boyko, 1999". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  3. ↑ Markham, John (2010). "Memoirs of the Queensland Museum" (PDF). Nature.
  4. ↑ Markham, John; Boyko, Christopher (1999). A new genus for Ione indecora Markham, 1988, a second record for that species, and a new congeneric species from Australia (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae, Ioninae). American Museum of Natural History.


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