Boschma, 1927

Description:
Body compact, up to 3.5 mm. Yellowish grey in colour. Simple shaped, fairly smooth. Mantle opening on a small papilla towards the left.

Habitat:
Parasitic on Dorhynchus thomsoni . Infection rate unknown.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Subclass Cirripedia
Order Rhizocephala
Family Sacculinidae
Genus Sacculina
Species atlantica

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Sacculina atlantica Boschma, 1927

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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