Nico J. Smit

Nico J. Smit, South African parasitologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Farquharson, C., Smit, N.J., Grutter, A.S. & Davies, A.J. 2012. Gnathia masca sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 3233: 22–36. Preview Reference page.

Hadfield, K.A., Bruce, N.L. & Smit, N.J. 2016. Redescription of poorly known species of Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material. ZooKeys 592: 1–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.592.8098. Reference page.
Hadfield, K.A., Bruce, N.L. & Smit, N.J. 2016. Elthusa nierstraszi nom. n., the replacement name for Elthusa parva (Nierstrasz, 1915), a junior secondary homonym of Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae). ZooKeys 619: 167–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.619.10143. Reference page.

Hadfield, K.A. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Revision of the fish parasitic genus Pleopodias Richardson, 1910 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), with the description of a new species and key to the genus. ZooKeys 667: 21—37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.667.11414. Reference page.
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.
Welicky, R.L., Hadfield, K.A., Sikkel, P.C. & Smit, N.J. 2017. Molecular assessment of three species of Anilocra (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) ectoparasites from Caribbean coral reef fishes, with the description of Anilocra brillae sp. n. ZooKeys 663: 21—43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.663.11415. Reference page.

Bruce, N.L., Welicky, R.L., Hadfield, K.A. & Smit, N.J. 2019. A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae. ZooKeys, 889: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.889.38638 Reference page.
Hadfield, K.A., Schizas, N.V., Chatterjee, T. & Smit, N.J. 2019. Gnathia bermudensis (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), a new species from the mesophotic reefs of Bermuda, with a key to Gnathia from the Greater Caribbean biogeographic region. ZooKeys, 891: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.891.39564 Reference page.
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.

Smit, N.J. & Hadfield, K.A. 2022. Gnathia pipinde sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), a temporary parasite of the pufferfish, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii, from temperate southern Africa. Zookeys 1129ː 1–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1129.90986 Reference page.

Ota, Y., Erasmus, A., Grutter, A.S. & Smit, N.J. 2024. Two new species and new host and distribution records of Gnathia Leach, 1814 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Western Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. ZooKeys 1193: 125–144. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.116538 Reference page.