Boschma, 1960

Description:
Body compact, up to 18 mm wide. Irregular or grooved shaped. Mantle opening on a short tube, nearly opposite the stalk.

Habitat:
Parasitic on Xantho pilipes . Less than 1% of the hosts infected. Usually single, sometimes two.

Distribution:
A southern species.

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Sacculina bourdoni Boschma, 1960

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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