original description
(of Cymothoa banksii Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019 [details]
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]
additional source
Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2015). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <i>Ceratothoa</i> Dana, 1852(Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3963(3): 251-294., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3963.3.1
note: Gives complete synonymy including exclusions. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality New Zealand [details]