Loxothylacus panopaei is a species of barnacle in the family Sacculinidae. It is native to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is a parasitic castrator of small mud crabs in the family Panopeidae, mostly in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
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Loxothylacuspanopaei is a species of barnacle in the family Sacculinidae. It is native to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is a parasitic...
the process of injecting the primordial parasite. G, Vermigon of Loxothylacuspanopaei. H, Scanning electron micrograph of Peltogaster curvata, showing...
since the 1980s or earlier. This crab is sometimes parasitised by Loxothylacuspanopaei, a species of parasitic barnacle that develops inside a host crab...
Many individuals of this species are parasitized by the barnacle Loxothylacuspanopaei. Davie, Peter (2009). "Lophopanopeus bellus (Stimpson, 1860)". WoRMS...
(Panopeus herbstii). The flatback mud crab is sometimes parasitised by Loxothylacuspanopaei, a species of parasitic barnacle that develops inside a host crab...
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