Danalia undetermined

Boyko, Christopher B. & Van Der Meij, Sancia E. T., 2018, A trifecta of Swiftian symbioses: stony corals, gall crabs and their parasites (Scleractinia; Brachyura: Cryptochiridae; Isopoda: Epicaridea and Cirripedia: Rhizocephala), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184, pp. 304-329 : 319-320

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scientific name	Danalia undetermined
status

Treatment

DANALIA SP. CRYPTONISCUS LARVA

‘cryptoniscine isopod’ Kropp & Manning, 1987: 7, 8 [ Ghana, examined herein].

Material examined

Ghana: Cryptoniscus larva (1.0 mm) ( USNM 1461194), on abdomen of female Detocarcinus balssi ( Monod, 1956) (2.2 mm long × 2.2 mm wide) ( USNM 231665), ex Schizoculina africana ( Thiel, 1928) ( Oculinidae ), Kpone Bay, 05°44′N, 00°04′W, 10 m depth, 11 March 1970, coll. J. Laborel.

Remarks

The cryptoniscus is not in particularly good condition, but it clearly is that of a Danalia species. The seventh pereopod dactyli are nearly identical to those of cryptonisci of other species of Danalia , such as D. curvata ( Fraisse, 1878) (see Boyko, 2015: fig. 1C6) and D. hapalocarcini Fize, 1955 (see Fize, 1956: fig. 18F). Based on the locality from which the specimen was collected, it is unlikely to be conspecific with any other species of Danalia .

Known host

Detocarcinus balssi ( Monod, 1956) View in CoL .

Distribution

Known only from Ghana.