Elthusa xena
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Cymothooidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cymothoidae
Genus: Elthusa
Species: Elthusa xena
Name
[edit]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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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