Elthusa raynaudii

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

Elthusa raynaudii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1840) Bruce, 1990

original combination: Lironeca raynaudii H. Milne-Edwards, 1840

Syntypes:

Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Bruce, N.L. 1990. The genera Catoessa, Elthusa, Enispa, Ichthyoxenus, Idusa, Livoneca and Norileca n. gen. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes, with descriptions of eastern Australian species. Records of the Australian Museum. 42: 247–300. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.118 Reference page.
- [recombination reference for Elthusa raynaudii: p. 263–268; figs. 10–12]
Milne-Edwards, H. 1840. Histoire naturelle des crustacés: comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Tome troisième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. 638 pp., plates 1–42. BHL Google Books Reference page.
- [original description of Lironeca raynaudii: p. 262]

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.

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