Parasymmetrorbione

Parasymmetrorbione
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Family:	Bopyridae
Subfamily:	Orbioninae
Genus:	Parasymmetrorbione An, Boyko & Li, 2013
Species:	P. bicauda
Binomial name
Parasymmetrorbione bicauda An, Boyko & Li, 2013

Parasymmetrorbione is a genus of isopod containing a single species, Parasymmetrorbione bicauda. ^[1]

Etymology

The name of the genus was chosen because of its apparent close relationship with the Asymmetrorbione genus. ^[2]

Distribution

Parasymmetrorbione bicauda inhabits the waters of the South China Sea. ^{[3] [2]}

Description

Like most Bopyridae species, the female is quite larger than its male counterpart. The females measure 11.57mm long; 9.67mm wide. The males have been recorded to be 4.1 mm long; 1.61 mm wide. ^[2]

Parasitism

Like all species of the subfamily Orbioninae, P. bicauda parasitize the branchials of penaeid shrimp. P. bicauda has been found to infest two species of Solenocera: Solenocera comata and Solenocera alticarinata. ^[2]

References

1. Jianmei An, Christopher B. Boyko & Xinzheng Li (2013). "A new genus and species of parasitic isopod (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Orbioninae) from Chinese waters, with a new locality and host record for Orbione halipori Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923". Systematic Parasitology . 84 (2): 149–156. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9396-1. PMID   23299752. S2CID   22668991.
2. An, Jianmei; Boyko, Christopher B.; Li, Xinzheng (2013-02-01). "A new genus and species of parasitic isopod (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Orbioninae) from Chinese waters, with a new locality and host record for Orbione halipori Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923" . Systematic Parasitology. 84 (2): 149–156. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9396-1. ISSN   1573-5192. PMID   23299752. S2CID   22668991.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Parasymmetrorbione bicauda An, Boyko & Li, 2013". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-11-03.