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Staphylocystis racemosus
Super Group:
Alveolata
Class:
Ellobiopsea
Order:
Ellobiopsida
Family:
Ellobiopsidae
Genus:
Staphylocystis
Species:
racemosus
Synonym(s):
Ellobiopsis racemosus Coutière 1911
Diagnosis
Diagnosis_Species: Staphylocystis racemosus Coutière 1911. Ectoparasites of pelagic crustaceans. The parasite is attached to its host by a short and thin peduncle which is inserted inside the host tegument. A pigmented ring is observed at the basis of the peduncle, and has 1 mm long. Externaly, the parasite is ramified into about 50 tubes, which separated at their apex into 1 to 8 articles that are partitionated from the rest and can detach. The maximal size of the tube is 4 mm.
Body_trophont_length: 4 mm
Type species
This is the type species of the genus.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type host: Pasiphaea tarda
Ecology
Substrate: epizoic
Sociability_adults: colonial
Salinity: marine
Feeding behaviour
Parasitism
Osmotrophy
Reference(s)
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
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| Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasiphaea cristata |
(1888) Report Zool. Challenger. |
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| Pasiphaea tarda | NE Island | Station i1038 |
(1911) Les Ellobiopsidae des crevettes bathypélagiques. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et la Belgique XLV:186-206. |
