Elthusa raynaudii

Elthusa raynaudii

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 raynaudii

Name

Elthusa raynaudii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1840) Bruce, 1990

original combination: Lironeca raynaudii H. Milne-Edwards, 1840

Syntypes:

• MNHN-IU-2016-9885 [1]
• MNHN-IU-2016-9884

Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

Synonymy

• Lironeca laticauda Miers, 1878
• Lironeca raynaudii H. Milne-Edwards, 1840

References

Primary references

• Bruce, N.L. 1990. The genera Catoessa, Elthusa, Enispa, Ichthyoxenus, Idusa, Livoneca and Norileca n. gen. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes, with descriptions of eastern Australian species. Records of the Australian Museum. 42: 247–300. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.118 Reference page. 
  • [recombination reference for Elthusa raynaudii: p. 263–268; figs. 10–12]
• Milne-Edwards, H. 1840. Histoire naturelle des crustacés: comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Tome troisième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. 638 pp., plates 1–42. BHL Google Books Reference page. 
  • [original description of Lironeca raynaudii: p. 262]

Additional 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 raynaudii in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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