Arnaud, F. (1978). A new species of Ascorhynchus (Pycnogonida) found parasitic on an opisthobranchiate mollusc. In Sea Spiders (Pycnogonida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 63 (1): 99-104.
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Arnaud, F.
1978
A new species of <i>Ascorhynchus</i> (Pycnogonida) found parasitic on an opisthobranchiate mollusc. In Sea Spiders (Pycnogonida).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London
63 (1): 99-104
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A new species of ammotheid pycnogonid (Ascorhynchus endoparasiticus sp. nov.) has been
found parasitic inside the pallial cavity of an opisthobranchiate mollusc (Scaphander
punctostriatus) from the Azores. One adult and three young individuals were living in three
different molluscs, probably feeding upon the rectum contents of their hosts.
Many features of the parasites’ morphology show various adaptations to this curious habitat.
