''Allorbimorphus'' is a
genus
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of
Isopoda
Isopoda is an order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both aquatic species and terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed l ...
parasites, in the
family
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Bopyridae
The Bopyridae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. There are 1223 individual species contained in this family. Members of the family are ectoparasites of crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Bra ...
, containing the following species that can be found on the coasts of
Australia
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, and
Asia
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:
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Allorbimorphus australiensis''
Bourdon, 1976
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Allorbimorphus haigae ''
Bourdon, 1976
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Allorbimorphus scabriculi''
Bourdon, 1976
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Allorbimorphus tuberculus''
An, Zhang & Li, 2012
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Allorbimorphus lamellosus''
Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
References
External links
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Cymothoida
Isopod genera
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