Species Ceratothoa usacarangis (Avdeev, 1979)
- Meinertia usacarangis Avdeev, V.V. 1979. Parasitic isopods of the genus Meinertia from the Australian-New Zealand region. Biologia moria, Vladivostok 2: 48-54 [in Russian] [51].
Type data:
Holotype PRIV AGK 75042 ♀ (Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Carpentaria and northwest coast of Australia are given as the distribution of the species), not given.
Paratype(s) PRIV APK 75043–50.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: G. Aust. Bight, Gulf of Carp., NW coast
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Attaching in buccal cavity, parasitic on carangid fishes.
General References
Avdeev, V.V. 1979. Parasitic isopods of the genus Meinertia from the Australian-New Zealand region. Biologia moria, Vladivostok 2: 48-54 [in Russian] (host species)
Martin, M.B., Bruce, N.L. & Novak, B.F. 2015. Review of the fish-parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 3963(3): 251–294 [283]
History of changes
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| 05-Aug-2022 | CYMOTHOIDAE Leach, 1814 | 15-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
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