Portunion maenadis (Giard, 1886)
(a parasitic sea slater)

Interactions where Portunion maenadis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
endoparasitises visceral cavity UK/Ireland Carcinus maenas Shore Crab, Green Shore Crab Decapoda: Portunidae British Marine Isopods, Naylor, E., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Entoniscidae/Portunion maenadis/Portunion maenadisa parasitic sea slater Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Portunidae/Carcinus maenas/Carcinus maenasshore crab, green shore crabvisceral cavity

Author & YearTitleSource
Naylor, E., 1972British Marine IsopodsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London

Portunion maenadis (a parasitic sea slater) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPortunion maenadis (a parasitic sea slater)
GenusPortunion (a genus of crustaceans)
FamilyENTONISCIDAE (a family of parasitic sea slaters)
SuperfamilyBOPYROIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
InfraorderEpicaridea (a suborder of parasitic sea slaters)
SuborderCYMOTHOIDA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Portunion maenadis (a parasitic sea slater)

Portunion maenadis (a parasitic sea slater) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Portunion maenadis (a parasitic sea slater):

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