Species Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
- Cteatessa retusa Schioedte, J.C. & Meinert, F. 1883. Symbolae ad monographium Cymothoarum Crustaeorum Isopodum familiae III. Saophoridae. IV. Cerathoinae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 3 13: 281-378, pls 1-16 [297].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♀ specimen, Durban (as Port Natal), South Africa and Mozambique.
Paralectotype(s) ZMB 1708 1♀ specimen, Mozambique; NRMS ♀, data as for lectotype.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
West Irian, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa, Mozambique.
Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states,
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and
IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be
reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the
entire distribution. See further details below.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
Ecological Descriptors
Ectoparasitic (host(s): Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775) [HEMIRAMPHIDAE]; Hemirhamphus robustus (Günther, 1866) [HEMIRAMPHIDAE]), marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Parasitic on Hemiramphus spp.
General References
Bruce, N.L. & Bowman, T.E. 1989. Species of the parasitic isopod genera Ceratothoa and Glossobius (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) from the mouths of flying fishes and halfbeaks (Beloniformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 489: 1-28 (Australian record, redescription)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 30-Aug-2016 | CYMOTHOIDAE Leach, 1814 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | ISOPODA Latreille, 1817 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CYMOTHOIDAE Leach, 1814 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED |