Elthusa xena

Elthusa xena

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 xena

Name

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

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 xena in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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