Species Nerocila congener Miers, 1880

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Species Nerocila congener Miers, 1880

Nerocila congener Miers, E.J. 1880. On a collection of Crustacea from the Malaysian region. – Part IV. Penaeidae, Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Suctoria, and Xiphosura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 5: 457-473 pl. xv [468].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1979.337.1 ♀, Philippines.
Nerocila congener White, A. 1847. List of the Specimens of Crustacea in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) viii 141 pp. [108] [nom. nud.].
Nerocila cebuana Schioedte, J.C. & Meinert, F. 1881. Symbolae ad monographium Cymothoarum Crustaeorum Isopodum familiae II. Anilocridae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 3 13: 1-166, pls 1-10 [11] [subjective synonym].
Type data:
Holotype GNM female, Cebu, Philippines.
Nerolcila philippinensis Bovallius, C. 1887. New or imperfectly known Isopoda. Part III. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 18(4): 1-21 pls 1-4 [3] [subjective synonym].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Philippines.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bruce, N.L. 1987. Australian species of Nerocila Leach, 1818, and Creniola n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 355-412 [366]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines, Indonesia.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: N coast
- Northern Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic, marine, subtidal.

General References

Bruce, N.L. 1987. Australian species of Nerocila Leach, 1818, and Creniola n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 355-412 (synonymy, description, figures, distribution)

Bruce, N.L. & Harrison-Nelson, E.B. 1988. New records of fish parasitic marine isopod crustaceans (Cymothoidae, subfamily Anilocrinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 585-602 (distribution)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772	11-Feb-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Gary Poore
05-Aug-2022		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		06-May-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Jun-2010	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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