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| Species: | L. ucae |
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| 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]
The species name "ucae" is in reference to the type of crab it infects, the species used to be in the genus Uca. [2]
L. infelix is a species known to parasitize Tubuca forcipata, a species of fiddler crab. [1] [2]
Anthopleura is a genus of sea anemones, of the family Actiniidae.
Heterodonta is a taxonomic subclass of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. This subclass includes the edible clams, the cockles and the Venus clams.
Tegula is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Tegulidae.
The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.
Carcharias is a genus of sand tiger sharks belonging to the family Odontaspididae. Once bearing many prehistoric species, all have gone extinct with the exception of the critically endangered sand tiger shark.
Batillaria is a genus of small salt marsh or mudflat snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.
Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.
Lottiidae is a family of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Lottioidea and the clade Patellogastropoda.
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Bittium is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails.
The open brain coral is a brightly colored free-living coral species in the family Merulinidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Trachyphyllia and can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral and is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It has a familiar, maze-like appearance.
Tubuca urvillei is a species of fiddler crab. It is found in the Southeastern Africa from southern Somalia to the South Africa and Madagascar.
Heronimidae is a family of digenean trematode parasites consisting of a single genus with a single species. The sole species of this family, Heronimus mollis is a parasite of the lungs of a number of species of turtles across North and Central America.
Allodiplophryxus floridanu is an isopoda parasite present in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Leidya is a genus of isopod parasites, that inhabit the waters off China, Mexico, and the Gulf of Mexico. They are in the family Bopyridae, the genus contains the following species:
Leidya infelix is an isopoda parasite present in the waters off the west of Baja California, Mexico. First described in 2002, by Markham, J. C.
Leidya bimini is an isopoda parasite present in the Gulf of Mexico. First described in 1951 by Pearse.
The blackhead salmon is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads).
