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Eulimid gastropods parasitic on echinoderms in the New Zealand region
- Source :
- New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 8:313-324
- Publication Year :
- 1981
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1981.
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Abstract
- Eulimindae (Prosobranchia) of the New Zealand region that parasitise echinoderms are recorded and discussed. Fuscapex ophioacanthicola n.gen. & sp. is parasitic on Ophioacantha sp., Ophieulima fuscoapicata n.sp. is a parasite of Ophioactis profundi Lutken & Mortensen, Punctifera ophiomoefrae n.gen. & sp. lives partly buried among the radial shields of Ophiomoeris projecta Matsumato, and Stilapex sp. is recorded, but not described, from Ophiothrix oliveri Benham (all hosts ophiuroids). Stilifer sp. lives in galls in an undescribed oreasterid (Asteroidea). Annulobalcis marshalli n.sp. is described from Crotalometra rustica (A. H. Clark) (Crinoidea). Eulima infrapatula Murdoch & Suter is transferred to Sabinella Monterosato and recorded from Ogmocidaris benhami Mortensen; Fusceulima goodingi n.sp. is described from Centrostephanus rodgersi (A. Agassiz) (both hosts echinoids). Two earlier records of sea urchin parasites from New Zealand are discussed, and the species are referred to Pelseneeria.
Details
- ISSN :
- 11758821 and 03014223
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- New Zealand Journal of Zoology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a6accfe7885b68ef3dbd915b61bcd035
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1981.10430611