Isopoda

WoRMS taxon details

Avada Boyko, 2014

827602  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827602)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Epicaridea (Suborder)
  11. Cryptoniscoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Cryptoniscidae (Family)
  13. Avada (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Avada kedavra Boyko, 2014 (type by original designation)

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Boyko, C. B. (2014). A revision of <i>Danalia</i> Giard, 1887, <i>Faba</i> Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1930 and <i>Zeuxokoma</i> Grygier, 1993 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea: Cryptoniscoidea: Cryptoniscidae) with description of a new genus and four new species. <em>Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology.</em> 9: 65-92. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Etymology The genus is named after the killing curse uttered by Lord Voldemort in J.k. rowling’s
Harry Potter series. For a host...  
Etymology The genus is named after the killing curse uttered by Lord Voldemort in J.k. rowling’s
Harry Potter series. For a host to be parasitized by a species of Avada is to suffer probable reproductive death by sterilization. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Avada Boyko, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827602 on 2025-05-04
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2014-12-13 18:27:59Z
created
Boyko, Christopher B.
2023-03-11 16:00:38Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description Boyko, C. B. (2014). A revision of <i>Danalia</i> Giard, 1887, <i>Faba</i> Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1930 and <i>Zeuxokoma</i> Grygier, 1993 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea: Cryptoniscoidea: Cryptoniscidae) with description of a new genus and four new species. <em>Bishop Museum Bulletin in Zoology.</em> 9: 65-92. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Unreviewed
Etymology The genus is named after the killing curse uttered by Lord Voldemort in J.k. rowling’s
Harry Potter series. For a host to be parasitized by a species of Avada is to suffer probable reproductive death by sterilization. [details]
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