WoRMS taxon details
Mothocya lineata (Miers, 1876)
872578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872578)
accepted
Species
Ceratothoa lineata Miers, 1876 · unaccepted
Mothocya ihi Bruce, 1986 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ceratothoa lineata Miers, 1876) Miers, E. J. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4.</em> 17: 218-229. [details] 
Note New Zealand
Type locality New Zealand [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. Mothocya lineata (Miers, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=872578 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mothocya ihi Bruce, 1986) Bruce, N. L. (1986). Revision of the isopod crustacean genus <i>Mothocya</i> Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Cymothoidae: Flabellifera), parasitic on marine fishes. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 20(5): 1089-1192. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Ceratothoa lineata Miers, 1876) Miers, E. J. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4.</em> 17: 218-229. [details]
basis of record Miers, E. J. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4.</em> 17: 218-229. [details]
new combination reference Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2015). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <i>Ceratothoa</i> Dana, 1852(Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3963(3): 251-294., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3963.3.1 [details]
[request]original description (of Ceratothoa lineata Miers, 1876) Miers, E. J. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4.</em> 17: 218-229. [details]
basis of record Miers, E. J. (1876). Descriptions of some new species of Crustacea, chiefly from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4.</em> 17: 218-229. [details]
new combination reference Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2015). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <i>Ceratothoa</i> Dana, 1852(Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia, with description of two new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3963(3): 251-294., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3963.3.1 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality New Zealand [details]
