WoRMS taxon details
Anphira branchialis Thatcher, 1993
258939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258939)
accepted
Species
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Thatcher, V. E. (1993). <i>Anphira branchialis</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) a gill cavity parasite of piranhas (<i>Serrasalmus</i> spp. on the Brazilian Amazon. <em>Acta Amazonica.</em> 23(2): 297-308. [details] Available for editors 
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Note Brazil
type locality Brazil [details]
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. Anphira branchialis Thatcher, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258939 on 2025-10-09
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Thatcher, V. E. (1993). <i>Anphira branchialis</i> gen. et sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) a gill cavity parasite of piranhas (<i>Serrasalmus</i> spp. on the Brazilian Amazon. <em>Acta Amazonica.</em> 23(2): 297-308. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
[request]basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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type locality Brazil [details]
