Smith, 1906

Description:
Up to 15 mm wide, colour orange. Asymmetrical, mantle opening displaced towards the left side of the parasite.

Habitat:
Parasitic on Munida rugosa . Usually single, occasionally with two or three. Attached to the 2nd to 4th abdominal sterna.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Subclass Cirripedia
Order Rhizocephala
Family Lernaeodiscidae
Genus Triangulus
Species munidae

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Triangulus munidae Smith, 1906

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Isaac, M.J. & J. Moyse, 1990. Crustacea I: Entomostraca. In: The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe (eds. Hayward and Ryland, 1990). Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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