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Mycetomorpha abyssalis is a parasitic deep-sea barnacle that was discovered on its host, the shrimp Sclerocrangon zenkevitchi.
This host shrimp belongs to the family Crangonidae and was landed on September 29, 2023 from a depth between 3893 - 3890 meters using a trawl net.
Mycetomorpha abyssalis was attached to pleoni 1, the first abdominal segment, just after the carapace.
Etymology:
The species name "abyssalis" refers to the marine zone Abyssal and means a depth range between 1000 - 7000 meters deep.
Mycetomorpha abyssalis is the third described species of the genus, Mycetomorpha, the other two species being Mycetomorpha vancouverensis Potts, 1912 and Mycetomorpha albatrossi Høeg & Rybakov, 1996.
Literature reference:
Kakui K (2024)
A new parasitic barnacle (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Mycetomorpha) from the abyssal zone in the northwestern Pacific.
Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 385-390. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.120887
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
This host shrimp belongs to the family Crangonidae and was landed on September 29, 2023 from a depth between 3893 - 3890 meters using a trawl net.
Mycetomorpha abyssalis was attached to pleoni 1, the first abdominal segment, just after the carapace.
Etymology:
The species name "abyssalis" refers to the marine zone Abyssal and means a depth range between 1000 - 7000 meters deep.
Mycetomorpha abyssalis is the third described species of the genus, Mycetomorpha, the other two species being Mycetomorpha vancouverensis Potts, 1912 and Mycetomorpha albatrossi Høeg & Rybakov, 1996.
Literature reference:
Kakui K (2024)
A new parasitic barnacle (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Mycetomorpha) from the abyssal zone in the northwestern Pacific.
Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 385-390. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.120887
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
