Nomenclature
original description
Williams, E. H.; Bunkley-Williams, L. (1986). The first Anilocra and Pleopodias isopods (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) parasitic on Japanese fishes, with three new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(4): 647-657. [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]
From editor or global species database
type locality Japan [details]