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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

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Parasymmetrorbione bicauda n. g., n. sp. is described from Chinese waters infesting two species of Solenocera Lucas (Decapoda: Penaeoidea). The new genus differs from other orbionine genera by the following combination of features: a pronounced asymmetry of coxal and lateral plate development, biramous uropods, tuberculate lateral plates and a digitate internal ridge on oostegite 1. A key to the eight genera of the Orbioninae R. Codreanu, 1967 is presented. Orbione halipori Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923 is also recorded from a new Chinese locality and a new host.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31101614) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Normal University (ZR1014). We are grateful to Drs John C. Markham (Arch Cape Marine Laboratory, OR, USA) and Jason D. Williams (Hofstra University, NY, USA) for their kind help with the bopyrid literature. We are also indebted to the collectors of the China/Vietnam Comprehensive Oceanographic Survey of the Beibu Gulf.

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  1. School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041000, People’s Republic of China

    Jianmei An

  2. Department of Biology, Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY, 11769, USA

    Christopher B. Boyko

  3. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024, USA

    Christopher B. Boyko

  4. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China

    Xinzheng Li

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An, J., Boyko, C.B. & Li, X. 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. Syst Parasitol 84, 149–156 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9396-1

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