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WoRMS taxon detailsAvada Boyko, 2014
827602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827602)
accepted
Genus
Avada kedavra Boyko, 2014 (type by original designation)
marine,
recent only
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
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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.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). 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 2024-07-25
Date action by
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
[request] From other sources
Etymology The genus is named after the killing curse uttered by Lord Voldemort in J.k. rowling’sHarry Potter series. For a host to be parasitized by a species of Avada is to suffer probable reproductive death by sterilization. [details] |
