Alien species
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This parasitic bopyrid isopod is associated with the severe decline in populations of the inter-tidal estuarine mud shrimp Upogebia pugettensis
Chapman, J. W.; Dumbauld, B. R.; Itani, G.; Markham, J. C. (2012). An introduced Asian parasite threatens northeastern Pacific estuarine ecosystems. Biological Invasions. 14(6): 1221-1236.
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Host is Upogebia pugettensis (Dana, 1852)
Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988) Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 54 - 55 (Includes a picture).
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