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Ceratothoa Dana, 1852

118407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118407)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Malacostraca
  7. Eumalacostraca
  8. Peracarida
  9. Isopoda
  10. Cymothoida
  11. Cymothooidea
  12. Cymothoidae
  13. Ceratothoa
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Genus
Cymothoa parallela Otto, 1828 accepted as Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) (type by subsequent designation)
Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

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Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775
page(s): 303 [details] OpenAccess publication
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Ceratothoa Dana, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118407 on 2026-09-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ceratothoa Dana, 1852. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=118407 on 2026-09-14
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-03-16 20:36:08Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2012-02-16 03:39:06Z
changed
Bruce, Niel L.
2019-05-25 09:31:53Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2019-07-06 14:12:51Z
changed
Hadfield, Kerry A.
2023-04-30 00:47:06Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

original description Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775
page(s): 303 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Smit, N. J. (2016). Redescription of poorly known species of <I>Ceratothoa</I> Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material. <em>Zookeys.</em> 592: 39-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.592.8098 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hadfield, K. A.; Smit, N. J. (2020). Review of the global distribution and hosts of the economically important fish parasitic isopod genus <em>Ceratothoa</em> (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), including the description of <em>Ceratothoa springbok</em> n. sp. from South Africa. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 50(10-11): 899-919., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.07.001 [details] 

redescription Bruce, N. L.; Bowman, T. E. (1989). Species of the parasitic isopod genera <i>Ceratothoa</i> and <i>Glossobius</i> (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) from the mouths of flying fishes and halfbeaks (Beloniformes). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 489: 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.489 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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