Ceratothoa
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Horton, Tammy
creator: Schotte, Marilyn
creator: Bruce, Niel L.
creator: Boyko, Christopher B.
creator: Hadfield, Kerry A.
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Ceratothoa Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118407 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2023-04-30T02:47:06Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
class: Malacostraca
family: Cymothoidae
genus: Ceratothoa
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316.
name published in: Haswell, W. A. (1881). On some new Australian marine Isopoda—Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5(4): 470-481, pls. 16-19.
name published in: Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1883). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. III. Saophridae. IV. Ceratothoinae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 13: 281-378, pls. 11-16.
name published in: Stebbing T.R.R. (1893). A History of Crustacea. Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 466 pp.; 32 figs.; 19 pls.
name published in: Stebbing, T. R. R. (1911) Indian Isopods. Records of the Indian Museum 6 (4): 179-191.
name published in year: 1852
name published in year: 1881
name published in year: 1883
name published in year: 1893
name published in year: 1911
order: Isopoda
parent name usage ID: 118274
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Dana, 1852
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted