WoRMS taxon details
Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
256739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256739)
accepted
Species
Ceratothoa hemiramphi (Pillai, 1954) · unaccepted
Codonophilus hemiramphi Pillai, 1954 · unaccepted (basionym)
Cteatessa retusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cteatessa retusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1883). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. III. Saophridae. IV. Ceratothoinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 13: 281-378, pls. 11-16. [details]
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Type locality contained in Port Natal, Durban Bay
type locality contained in Port Natal [details]
type locality contained in Durban Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Durban Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256739 on 2024-08-13
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original description
(of Codonophilus hemiramphi Pillai, 1954) Pillai, N.K. (1954). A preliminary note on the Tanaidacea and Isopoda of Travancore. <em>Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, Trivandrum, Natural Sciences.</em> 3 (1): 1-21. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cteatessa retusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1883). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. III. Saophridae. IV. Ceratothoinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 13: 281-378, pls. 11-16. [details]
redescription Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Szinetár, C.; Smit, N. J. (2014). <i>Ceratothoa retusa</i> (Schiœdte & Meinert, 1883) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a variable species of fish parasitic marine isopod from the Indian Ocean. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 87(4): 448-462., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003293 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Bruce, N. L. and Bowman, T. E. (1989) Species of the parasitic isopod genera <i>Ceratothoa</i> and <i>Glossobius</i> (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) from the mouths of flying fishes and halfbeaks (Beloniformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 489: 1-28. [details]
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original description (of Cteatessa retusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1883). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. III. Saophridae. IV. Ceratothoinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 13: 281-378, pls. 11-16. [details]
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redescription Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Szinetár, C.; Smit, N. J. (2014). <i>Ceratothoa retusa</i> (Schiœdte & Meinert, 1883) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), a variable species of fish parasitic marine isopod from the Indian Ocean. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 87(4): 448-462., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003293 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Bruce, N. L. and Bowman, T. E. (1989) Species of the parasitic isopod genera <i>Ceratothoa</i> and <i>Glossobius</i> (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) from the mouths of flying fishes and halfbeaks (Beloniformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 489: 1-28. [details]
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