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Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Teredicola typicus</I>

Teredicola typicus

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Family TEREDICOLA-GROUP Wilson & Illg, 1955


Compiler and date details

30 June 2007 - Walker-Smith, G.K., Cook, K.N. & Chilton-Lahey, K.L.

  • Teredicola-Group Wilson & Illg, 1955.

 

Introduction

Species of the Teredicola-group are endoparasites that inhabit a range of bivalve molluscs. The group comprises four genera, and 11 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 683) for more details as well as a key to the genera.

 

ID Keys

For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).

 

General References

Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.