Sacculina gerbei

Bonnier, 1887

Description:
Body compact, up to 11 mm; light orange-brown. Fairly symmetrical. Mantle opening with thick protruding lips. Surface with a fine pattern of ridges.

Habitat:
Parasitic on Xantho incisus , Pilumnus hirtellus and Atelecyclus rotundatus . Infection rates recorded are less than 1%. Singly, with two or three.

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