Dendrogaster

Dendrogaster is a genus of parasitic crustaceans belonging to the family Dendrogastridae.[1]

Dendrogaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Thecostraca
Order: Dendrogastrida
Family: Dendrogastridae
Genus: Dendrogaster
Knipovich, 1890

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1] They parasitise the coelom of sea stars.[2][3]

Species

Species:

  • Dendrogaster antarctica Grygier, 1980[1]
  • Dendrogaster arborescens Le Roi, 1905[1]
  • Dendrogaster arbusculus Fisher, 1911[1]
  • Dendrogaster komatsuae Saito, Wakabayashi & Moritaki, 2020[2]
  • Dendrogaster tobasuii Saito, Wakabayashi & Moritaki, 2020[2]
  • Dendrogaster nagasakimaruae Saito, Wakabayashi & Moritaki, 2020[2]

References

  1. "Dendrogaster Knipovich, 1890". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. Saito, Nobuhiro; Wakabayashi, Kaori; Moritaki, Takeya (2020). "Three New Species of Dendrogaster (Crustacea: Ascothoracida) Infecting Goniasterid Sea-Stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Japan". Species Diversity. 25 (1): 75–87. doi:10.12782/specdiv.25.75.
  3. Hamel, Jean-François; Mercier, Annie (2009). "New distribution and host record for the starfish parasite Dendrogaster (Crustacea: Ascothoracida)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 74 (2): 419–425. doi:10.1017/S0025315400039436.
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