Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011 
AphiaID: 594917

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Peracarida > Isopoda > Cymothoida > Cymothooidea > Cymothoidae > Cymothoa

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787
Source		original description: Hadfield KA, Bruce NL, Smit NJ (2011) Cymothoa hermani sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea), a parasitic isopod, collected off the Zanzibar coast, Tanzania from the mouth of a parrotfish (Scaridae). Zootaxa 2876: 57–68.  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		East African Coral Coast [details]
Feedingtype		parasite on Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [details]
Note		Type locality: Miwi Island, Kiwani Bay, Unguja Island, Zanzibar, 06°21'S, 39°20'E; [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594917
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-01-27 04:32:34Z   created   Bruce, Niel L. 2012-01-30 23:04:38Z   changed   Bruce, Niel L.
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		Citation: Bruce, Niel L. (2013). Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database at http://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594917 on 2013-05-21