Gyge branchialis Cornalia & Panceri 1861
- Dataset
- 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
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Isopoda
- family
- Bopyridae
- genus
- Gyge
- species
- Gyge branchialis
biology_ecology
Hosts. Upogebia deltaura (Leach, 1816), U. pusilla (Petagna, 1792) (type host), U. stellata (Montagu, 1808), and U. tipica (Nardo, 1869).
description
Not Gyge branchialis — Pandey, 1990: 494 – 494, figs. 1, 2 (India, infesting Macrobrachium birmanicum choprai (Tiwari, 1949) = M. gangeticum Bate, 1868) (almost certainly a species of Probopyrus Giard & Bonnier, 1888).
discussion
Remarks. Although old, these specimens are exceptionally well-preserved and match prior descriptions (e. g., Bourdon 1968).
distribution
Distribution. Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Algeria, Croatia, Romania, and Russia.
materials_examined
Material examined. Italy: 2 ovigerous females (9.7 – 10.1 mm) not affiliated with any host, 1 ovigerous female (9.3 mm), 1 mature male (3.3 mm), ex right branchial chamber of female Upogebia stellata (14.3 mm CL), Naples Aquarium, coll. unknown, 17 Nov 1890 (NMV J 71549).