WoRMS name details
Amaterasidae Izawa, 2008
370554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:370554)
unaccepted (see Tang et al, 2012)
Family
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Izawa, K. (2008). Amaterasia amanoiwatoi nov.gen, nov.sp. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Amaterasidae Nov. fam.), with gall-forming juveniles parasitic on the fins of a balistid actinopterygian fish. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 81(11):1331-1346., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008x369519 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Amaterasidae Izawa, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370554 on 2026-07-17
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Izawa, K. (2008). Amaterasia amanoiwatoi nov.gen, nov.sp. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Amaterasidae Nov. fam.), with gall-forming juveniles parasitic on the fins of a balistid actinopterygian fish. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 81(11):1331-1346., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854008x369519 [details] Available for editors [request]
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