Elthusa winstoni

Elthusa winstoni

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 winstoni

Name

Elthusa winstoni Hadfield, Tuttle & Smit, 2017

Holotype: Female (17.5 mm TL; 11.5 mm W), partially dissected, 27.10.2015, col: Erik Franklin and Morgan Winston (AMNH_IZC 250217).

Type locality: from the gill rakers of kole tang, Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828), 18–21m deep, Niihau, Hawaii

Paratype: Dissected male (8 mm TL; 3.5 mm W), male (8.5 mm TL; 4 mm W), same data as holotype (AMNH_IZC 250218).

ZooBank: FDE6479B-D082-4699-9719-5BAB5181914E

References

Primary references

• Hadfield, K.A., Tuttle, L.J. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Elthusa winstoni sp. n. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a new fish parasitic isopod from Hawaii. ZooKeys 661: 125—135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.661.11251. Reference page. 

Links

• Elthusa winstoni in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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