Elthusa xena

Taxonavigation

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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 xena

Name

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Elthusa xena van der Wal, Smit & Hadfield, 2019

Holotype: SAMC-A089958, 1 ♀ (ovigerous, 34.0 mm TL, 17.0 mm W), July 1993; coll. J Laubscher.
Type locality: South Africa, Alexander Bay, mouth of the Orange River; 28°38'S, 16°27'E, from Clinus superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Paratypes: SAMC-A089959, 1 ♂ (intermoult, 8.0 mm TL, 4.0 mm W), same data as holotype.
ZooBank: 338A44A2-746F-4D9B-B890-5372D1E45B4C

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