Elthusa rotunda

Elthusa rotunda

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 rotunda

Name

Elthusa rotunda van der Wal, Smit & Hadfield, 2019

Holotype: SAMC A11001, 1 ♀ (ovigerous, 29.0 mm TL; 20.0 mm W), January 1960; coll. G Branch.

Type locality: Sout Africa, Cape Town, Sea Point; 33°55'S, 18°23'E.

ZooBank: 138FBF0D-2E4B-4561-86C8-F209B78A33E0

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 rotunda in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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