WoRMS taxon details
original description
Smit, N. J.; Basson, L. (2002). Gnathia pantherina sp n. (Crustacea: Isopda: Gnathiidae), a temporary ectoparasite of some elasmobranch species from souther Africa. <em>Folia Parasitologica (Ceske Budejovice).</em> 49(2): 137-184. [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 Hosts : leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum), from gills, nares and buccal cavity; also from blackspotted electric ray (Torpedo fascomaculata) and puffadder shysharks (Haploblepharus edwardsii). [details]
type locality South Africa : Jeffreys Bay, 34°2.2'S, 24°56.5'E. [details]
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