Leidya ucae

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Leidya ucae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Bopyridae
Genus: Leidya
Species:
L. ucae
Binomial name
Leidya ucae
Pearse, 1930

Leidya ucae is an isopoda parasite present in the waters off the coast of China. First described in 1930 by Pearse. [1]

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Etymology

The species name "ucae" is in reference to the type of crab it infects, the species used to be in the genus Uca. [2]

Description

Leidya infelix is a species known to parasitize Tubuca forcipata , a species of fiddler crab. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leidya ucae Pearse, 1930". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  2. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tubuca forcipata (Adams & White, 1849)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
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