Elthusa acutinasa

Elthusa acutinasa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cymothooidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Isopoda Cladus: Scutocoxifera Subordo: Cymothoida Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Cymothoidae
Genus: Elthusa
Species: Elthusa acutinasa

Name

Elthusa acutinasa van der Wal, Smit & Hadfield, 2019

Holotype: SAMC-A089960, 1 ♀ (ovigerous, 39.0 mm TL, 19.0 mm W), April 2003; coll. Nico J Smit.

Type locality: Indian Ocean, south coast of South Africa, RV Africana (fish sorting table); 34°38'S, 25°38'E.

Paratype: SAMC-A089961, 3 ♀♀ (ovigerous, 28.0–30.0 mm TL, 15.0–17.0 mm W), same data as holotype.

ZooBank: D5AFAEC4-F03D-400F-98A0-8D86631E495E

References

Primary references

• van der Wal, S., Smit, N.J. & Hadfield, K.A. 2019. Review of the fish parasitic genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa, including the description of three new species. Zookeys, 841: 1–37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.841.32364 Reference page. 

Links

• Elthusa acutinasa in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Elthusa acutinasa – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Elthusa acutinasa.
• ION
• Species-ID

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