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Issue: Vol. 2437 No. 1: 26 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2437.1.3
Page range: 51–68
Abstract views: 43
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Redescription of the monotypic genus Cinusa Schioedte and Meinert, 1884 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a buccal-cavity isopod from South Africa

Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa Museum of Tropical Queensland, Queensland Museum and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University; 70–102 Flinders Street, Townsville, Australia 4810
Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 South Africa
Crustacea Cinusa tetrodontis Amblyrhynchotes honckenii marine fish parasite taxonomy South Africa

Abstract

The parasitic isopod Cinusa tetrodontis Schioedte and Meinert, 1884, is the only species in Cinusa and has one known host, the evil-eye puffer fish, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii. The original Latin description contained many generic or family traits and thus the genus and species are redescribed. A complete revision of the genus was carried out, detailed illustrations of C. tetrodontis are provided and a lectotype designated and deposited in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen.

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