WoRMS taxon details
Alofia merki Giglioli, in Sambon, 1922
AphiaID: 384724
AphiaID: 384724
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Pentastomida (Subclass) > Porocephalida (Order) > Porocephaloidea (Superfamily) > Sebekidae (Family) > Diesingiinae (Subfamily) > Alofia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Alofia Giglioli, in Sambon, 1922 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Sambon, L.W. 1922. A synopsis of the family Linguatulidae [part I]. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 25: 188-206. [details] basis of record: Christoffersen, M.L., and De Assis, J.E. 2013. A systematic monograph of the Recent Pentastomida, with a compilation of their hosts. Zoologische Mededelingen 87: 1-206. [details] basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Poore, G.C.B. 2012. The nomenclature of the Recent Pentastomida (Crustacea), with a list of species and available names. Systematic Parasitology 82: 211-240. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Central Indo-Pacific [details] | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | parasitic: endoparasitic in Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:384724 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Poore, G.; Boxshall, G. (2013). Alofia merki Giglioli, in Sambon, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=384724 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||
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