Sylon hippolytes

Sylon hippolytes

Classification

Class: Maxillopoda
Order: Akentrogonida
Family: Clistosaccidae

Sylon hippolytes is a castrating parasite that infects shrimps from the families Hippolytidae (Hippolyte, Heptacarpus, Spirontocaris, Caridion, Eualus, Lebbeus), Pandalidae (Pandalus), and Crangonidae (Sclerocrangon, Crangon, Metacrangon). Structure The adult female parasite consists of a body that can be differentiated into two distinct regions: a sac-like structure containing the reproductive organs (the externa), and a trophic, root like system situated inside the hosts body (the interna). It forms an elongated, sac-like growth on the abdomen of several shrimp species, measuring up to…

Distribution