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Review of Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from southern Africa, with the description of a new species

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Taylor & Francis, 2015)

Three species of Mothocya are reported from the east coast of southern Africa: Mothocya plagulophora (Haller, 1880) from Maputo, Mozambique, from the gills of Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775); Mothocya renardi (Bleeker, 1857) ...

Review of the fish parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa, including the description of two new species

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft Publishers, 2014)

The genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 is revised for South African waters and re-diagnosed. Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) is recorded from the eastern coast, and Ceratothoa africanae sp. n. and C. famosa sp. n. ...

Ceratothoa retusa (Schiœdte & Meinert, 1883) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a variable species of fish parasitic marine isopod from the Indian Ocean

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Szinetár, Csaba; Smit, Nico J. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2014)

Ceratothoa retusa (Schiœdte & Meinert, 1883) is redescribed from the lectotype (here designated) collected from Mozambique, and the range is extended to include the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea. Ceratothoa retusa is distinctive ...

Redescription of poorly known species of Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft, 2016)

Due to the difficulty in accurately identifying cymothoids, these parasitic isopods are often incorrectly named or confused with other species. Within the genus Ceratothoa, a number of recent studies have aimed at ...

Elthusa nierstraszi nom. n., the replacement name for Elthusa parva (Nierstrasz, 1915), a junior secondary homonym of Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae)

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft, 2016)

The recent transfer of Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) from Ceratothoa created a homonymy with Elthusa parva (Nierstrasz, 1915). Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) has priority and Elthusa nierstraszi nom. n. is proposed ...

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

Bruce, Niel L.; Welicky, Rachel; Hadfield, Kerry A.; Smit, Nico J. (Pensoft Publishers, 2019)

Bambalocra intwala gen. et sp. nov. is described from Sodwana Bay, north-eastern South Africa. The monotypic genus is characterised by the broadly truncate anterior margin of the head with a ventral rostrum, coxae 2–5 ...

Review of the fish–parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa

Hadfield, Kerry A.; Smit, Nico J.; Bruce, Niel L. (Magnolia Press, 2013)

The genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 is revised for southwestern Indian Ocean waters. Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 and C. eremita Brünnich, 1783 are redescribed. Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880, from ...