Acrobelione halimedae is an isopoda parasite present in the waters off Singapore. First described in 2017, by Boyko, Williams & Shields.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Bopyridae |
| Genus: | Acrobelione |
| Species: | A. halimedae
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrobelione halimedae (Boyko, Williams & Shields, 2017)
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Description
editAcrobelione halimedae is isopoda ectoparasite that infects the branchial chamber of the mud shrimp Austinogebia spinfrons of the coast of Singapore. The females measure up to 8.0 mm long, with a maximal width of 6.4 mm, head width 1.9 mm, and head length 1.5 mm. Currently there is no description of the male of the species.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acrobelione halimedae Boyko, Williams & Shields, 2017". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Parasites (Isopoda: Epicaridea and Nematoda) from ghost and mud shrimp (Decapoda: Axiidea and Gebiidea) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species of bopyrid isopod and clarification of Pseudione Kossmann, 1881" (PDF). Zootaxa.
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