''Rocinela kapala'' is a species of

isopod Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...

in the family

Aegidae The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal. They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hoo ...

, and was first described in 1988 by Niel L. Bruce. The species was first described in detail as ''R. oculata''. The species is named for the FRV Kapala, the vessel from which the holotype ( AM P31740) was collected at a depth of 450 metres. It is found in coastal seas of eastern Australia from southern

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Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...

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Cymothoida Crustaceans described in 1988 {{isopod-stub