WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Thatcher, V. E., de Araujo, G.S., de Lima, J.T.A. and Chellappa, S. (2007) Cymothoa spinipalpa sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) a buccal cavity parasite of the marine fish, Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & Schneider) (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24(1): 238-245. [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
ecology Host is Oligoplites saurus [details]
type locality Brazil : coastal waters of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte State. [details]
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