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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152052491" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6F47F60D-9157-446F-9A2E-8A189549F087" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D343427C23FC061838D3C07ED957A16D" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/6F47F60D-9157-446F-9A2E-8A189549F087" class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="6" pageNumber="7">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 8-14, 21
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Meinertia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Meinertia imbricata" order="Isopoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imbricata">Meinertia imbricata</taxonomicName>
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?.-
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<bibRefCitation author="Trilles, J-P" journalOrPublisher="Cahiers de l'Office de Recherche Scientifiques et Techniques Outre Mers, serie Oceanographique" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="3 - 17" title="Sur quatre isopodes cymothoides du Pacifique (Nouvelle Caledonie)." volume="10" year="1972">Trilles 1972</bibRefCitation>
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: 1248-1250, pl. II (10-11).
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<subSubSection lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="material examined">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Holotype. Female (23 mm TL; 10 mm W), collected from Tsitsikamma National Park (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.016666">34°1'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="23.866667">23°52'E</geoCoordinate>
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) along the south coast of South Africa from the buccal-cavity of
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">Diplodus sargus capensis</taxonomicName>
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, March 2005, coll. K.A. Hadfield (SAM A45939).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
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Paratypes. All from Tsitsikamma National Park (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.016666">34°1'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="23.866667">23°52'E</geoCoordinate>
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), Western Cape Province. From the buccal-cavity of
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">Diplodus sargus capensis</taxonomicName>
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: dissected female (27 mm TL; 12 mm W), dissected male (13 mm TL; 6 mm W), April 2009, coll. K.A. Hadfield (SAM A45940); female (17 mm TL; 7 mm W), males (7, 14 mm TL; 3, 6 mm W), March 2005, coll. K.A. Hadfield (SAM A45941).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="7" pageNumber="8" start="start">From</pageBreakToken>
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the buccal-cavity of
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<taxonomicName genus="Sparadon" lsidName="Sparadon durbanensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species" species="durbanensis">Sparadon durbanensis</taxonomicName>
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: female (15 mm TL; 6 W), male (5.5 mm TL; 2 mm W), April 2009, coll. K.A. Hadfield (SAM A45942).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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Other material. In the possession of authors at NWU. From
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">Diplodus sargus capensis</taxonomicName>
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: Cape Agulhas (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.816666">34°49'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="20.0">20°0'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (18 mm TL; 7 mm W), male (9 mm TL; 3 mm W). Kenton-on-sea (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.7">33°42'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="26.683332">26°41'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (14 mm TL; 5 mm W), male (5 mm TL; 2 mm W), May 1974. Morgan Bay (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-32.7">32°42'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="28.333334">28°20'E</geoCoordinate>
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): two females (10, 12 mm TL; 3, 4 mm W), April 2003. Swartkops River Estuary (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.866665">33°52'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="25.633333">25°38'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (10 mm TL; 3 mm W), male (6 mm TL; 2 mm W), July 1980. Transkei, between Goss Bay and Lupatana: female (10 mm TL; 4 mm W), September 1975. Transkei, Grosvenor Point (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-31.366667">31°22'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="29.883333">29°53'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (15 mm TL; 6 mm W), male (6 mm TL; 2 mm W), September 1975. Tshani (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-31.933332">31°56'S</geoCoordinate>
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): female (10 mm TL; 3 mm W), June 1996.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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From
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus cervinus subsp. hottentotus" order="Perciformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinus" subSpecies="hottentotus">Diplodus cervinus hottentotus</taxonomicName>
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: Kleinemonde (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.533333">33°32'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="27.05">27°03'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (25 mm TL; 6 mm W), male (5 mm TL; 2 mm W), June 1975; female (15 mm TL; 6 mm W), male (6 mm TL; 2 mm W), March 1975; Keiskamma River Mouth (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.266666">33°16'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="27.483334">27°29'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (18 mm TL; 8 mm W), male (9 mm TL; 4 mm W), February 1976; Knysna (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.083332">34°5'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="23.05">23°3'E</geoCoordinate>
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): female (19 mm TL; 7 mm W), male (8 mm TL; 3 mm W), 1945-1969. Tsitsikamma National Park (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.016666">34°1'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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): female (20 mm TL; 7 W), male (14 mm TL; 5 mm W), 17 juveniles, March 2007.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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From
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<taxonomicName genus="Sparadon" lsidName="Sparadon durbanensis" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" rank="species" species="durbanensis">Sparadon durbanensis</taxonomicName>
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: Cape Padrone, Eastern Cape (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.766666">33°46'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="26.466667">26°28'E</geoCoordinate>
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): four pullus (5 mm TL; 2 mm W), July 1975. Kleinemonde (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-33.533333">33°32'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="27.05">27°03'E</geoCoordinate>
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): five pullus (4 mm TL; 2 mm W), February 1977. Knysna (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.083332">34°5'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="23.05">23°3'E</geoCoordinate>
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): two pullus (5 mm TL; 2 mm W), 1945-1965. Tsitsikamma National Park (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-34.016666">34°1'S</geoCoordinate>
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): female (26 mm TL; 12 W), male (12 mm TL; 5 mm W), 35 juveniles, July 2008.
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</paragraph>
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<caption pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
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Figure 8.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. female holotype (28 mm) (SAM A45939): A dorsal view B anterior view of pereonite 1 and cephalon C ventral view of cephalon D dorsal view of pleotelson E lateral view.
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Figure 9.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. female paratype (26 mm) (SAM A45941): A antennule B antenna C mandible D tip of maxillule E maxillule F tip of maxilla G tip of maxilliped article 3 H maxilla I maxilliped with oostegite J oostegites K uropod.
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Figure 10.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. female holotype (28 mm) (SAM A45939): A pereopod 1 B pereopod 2 C pereopod 6 D pereopod 7.
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Figure 11.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. female paratype (26 mm) (SAM A45941): A dorsal pleopod 1 B dorsal pleopod 2 C dorsal pleopod 3 D dorsal pleopod 4 E dorsal pleopod 5 F ventral pleopod 1 G ventral pleopod 2 H ventral pleopod 3 I ventral pleopod 4 J ventral pleopod 5.
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Figure 12.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. male paratype (12 mm) (SAM A45941): A dorsal view B anterior view of pereonite 1 and cephalon C ventral view of cephalon D dorsal view of pleotelson E lateral view.
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Figure 13.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. male paratype (12 mm) (SAM A45941): A antennule B antenna C maxillule D mandible E maxilla F maxilliped G uropod H pereopod 1 I pereopod 7.
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Figure 14.
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<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. male paratype (12 mm) (SAM A45941): A dorsal pleopod 1 B dorsal pleopod 2 C dorsal pleopod 3 D dorsal pleopod 4 E dorsal pleopod 5 F ventral pleopod 1 G ventral pleopod 2 H ventral pleopod 3 I ventral pleopod 4 J ventral pleopod 5.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="ovigerous female holotype">
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Ovigerous female holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Length 10-28 (16.9) mm, width 3-12 (6.0) mm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Body rectangular, 1.7 times as long as greatest width, dorsal surfaces smooth and polished in appearance, widest at pereonite 4 and pereonite 5, most narrow at pereonite 7, lateral margins slightly convex. Cephalon 0.8 times longer than wide, slightly visible in dorsal view, triangular. Frontal margin rounded to form blunt rostrum. Eyes irregular in outline. Pereonite 1 with median projection, anterior border straight, anterolateral angle with distinct anterior projection, posterior margins of pereonites smooth and slightly curved laterally. Coxae 2-3 with posteroventral angles not visible; 4-7 rounded. Pereonites 1-5 increasing in length and width; 6-7 decreasing in length and width; becoming more progressively rounded posteriorly. Pleon with pleonite 1 same width as other pleonites, visible in dorsal view; pleonites posterior margin smooth, mostly concave; posterolateral angles of pleonite 2 narrowly rounded, not posteriorly produced. Pleonites 3-5 similar in form to pleonite 2. Pleonite 5 with posterolateral angles free, not overlapped by lateral margins of pleonite 4, posterior margin with 2 indented points and medial indent. Pleotelson 0.5 times as long as anterior width, dorsal surface smooth, lateral margins posteriorly narrow, posterior margin broadly truncate, without median point.</paragraph>
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Antennule more stout than antenna, comprised of 7 articles; peduncle articles 1 and 2 distinct and articulated; article 2 0.8 times as long as article 1; article 3 0.3 times as long as combined lengths of articles 1 and 2, 0.8 times as long as wide; flagellum
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<pageBreakToken pageId="8" pageNumber="9" start="start">with</pageBreakToken>
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4 articles, extending to anterior of pereonite 1. Antenna comprised of 9 articles. Antenna peduncle article 3 1.4 times as long as article 2, 1.1 times as long as wide; article 4 1.1 times as long as wide, 0.9 times as long as article 3; article 5 0.5 times as long as article 4, 0.8 times as long as wide. Antenna flagellum with 4 articles, last article terminating in no setae, extending to anterior margin of pereonite 1. Anterior margin rounded, forming median point. Mandibular process ending in an acute incisor, with no simple setae, mandible palp article 2 with no distolateral setae, and article 3 with 7 serrate setae. Maxillule simple with 4 terminal robust setae. Maxilla mesial lobe partly fused to lateral lobe; lateral lobe with no simple setae, 6 recurved robust setae; mesial lobe with no simple setae, and 4 large recurved robust setae. Maxilliped weakly segmented, with lamellar oostegite lobe, palp article 2 with no simple setae, article 3 with 3 recurved robust setae, and no simple setae. Oostegites margin covered in numerous plumose setae, attached to pereopods 2-5.
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Pereopod 1 basis 1.6 times as long as greatest width; ischium 0.8 times as long as basis; merus proximal margin with bulbous protrusion; carpus with straight proximal margin; propodus 1.4 times as long as wide; dactylus slender, 1.1 as long as propodus, 2.5 times as long as basal width. Pereopod 2 propodus 1.5 as long as wide; dactylus 1.1 as long as propodus. Pereopods gradually increasing in size towards posterior and all without robust or simple setae. Pereopod 6 basis 1.6 times as long as greatest width, ischium 0.8 times as long as basis, propodus 1.5 as long as wide, dactylus 1.2 as long as propodus. Pereopod 7 basis 1.3 times as long as greatest width; ischium 0.9 as long as basis, without protrusions; merus proximal margin with slight bulbous protrusion, merus 0.3 as long as ischium, 0.5 times as long as wide; carpus 1 as long as ischium, without bulbous protrusion, 0.7 times as long as wide; propodus 2.1 as long as ischium, 1.4 times as long as wide; dactylus slender, 1.3 as long as propodus, 2.9 times as long as basal width.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Pleopods without setae, exopod larger than endopod. Pleopod 1 exopod 1.1 times as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, distally broadly rounded, mesial margin straight; endopod 1.4 times as long as wide, lateral margin convex, distally subtruncate, mesial margin straight; peduncle 3.3 times as wide as long, without retinaculae. Pleopods 2-5 similar to pleopod 1. Pleopods 3-5 endopods proximal borders do not extend below exopod to peduncle. Large medial lobes absent.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Uropod same length as pleotelson, peduncle 1 times longer than rami, peduncle lateral margin without setae; rami extending to pleotelson apex, marginal setae absent, apices narrowly rounded. Endopod apically slightly pointed, 4.1 times as long as greatest width, lateral margin straight, terminating without setae, mesial margin straight. Exopod extending to end of endopod, 3.3 times as long as greatest width, apically rounded, lateral margin weakly convex, terminating with no setae, mesial margin straight.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="male">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Male.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Length 4-14 (8.2) mm, width 1-5 (3.3) mm.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Males similar to females but much smaller. Body rectangular, 1.6 times as long as wide. Penis small, low tubercles. Pleopod 2 appendix masculina absent.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
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A photograph by one of us (NJS) of this species in the mouth of a
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="10" start="start">Diplodus</pageBreakToken>
|
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sargus capensis
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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from Tsitsikamma National park, posted on the internet in 2004 has been used in many media reports worldwide, including magazines,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="children’s">children's</normalizedToken>
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books, documentaries, nature programmes, daily news reports, and even in a motion picture. The epithet is derived from famosus (Latin-famous) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Brown, RW" journalOrPublisher="Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C." pageId="16" pageNumber="17" title="Composition of Scientific Words." year="1956">Brown 1956</bibRefCitation>
|
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).
|
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Known from off the southern coast of South Africa: Cape Agulhas; Knysna; Tsitsikamma; Swartkops River Estuary; Kenton-on-sea; Kleinemonde; Keiskamma River Mouth; Morgan Bay; Tshani; Grosvenor Point; and Transkei (between Goss Bay and Lupatana).</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="hosts">
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||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Hosts.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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Found on the tongue of
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<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">Diplodus sargus capensis</taxonomicName>
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(Smith, 1844),
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus cervinus subsp. hottentotus" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinus" subSpecies="hottentotus">Diplodus cervinus hottentotus</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Smith, 1844) and
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="Sparadon" lsidName="Sparadon durbanensis" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species" species="durbanensis">Sparadon durbanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Castelnau, 1861).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="prevalence">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Prevalence.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
1/3 (33.3%) of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus cervinus subsp. hottentotus" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinus" subSpecies="hottentotus">Diplodus cervinus hottentotus</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 6/20 (30%) of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">Diplodus sargus capensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
and 6/33 (18.2%) of
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="Sparadon" lsidName="Sparadon durbanensis" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species" species="durbanensis">Sparadon durbanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
infected from Tsitsikamma National Park; 26/366 (7.1%) of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus cervinus subsp. hottentotus" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="cervinus" subSpecies="hottentotus">Diplodus cervinus hottentotus</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 78/1004 (7.8%) of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Diplodus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Diplodus sargus subsp. capensis" order="Perciformes" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="sargus" subSpecies="capensis">Diplodus sargus capensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
and 11/100 (11%) of
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="Sparadon" lsidName="Sparadon durbanensis" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species" species="durbanensis">Sparadon durbanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
from the SAIAB collections.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="9" pageNumber="10" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. can be distinguished by the long rectangular body shape, pereonite 1 with a raised medial protrusion, a blunt rostrum, narrow antenna with antennule article 1 expanded, uropods which reach the posterior margin of the pleotelson, pereopods 1 and 2 with large bulbous protrusion on merus, narrow rami on uropods, and no appendix masculina on pleopod 2 of the male specimens.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. is similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa trigonocephala" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trigonocephala">Ceratothoa trigonocephala</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having pereonites 1-4 almost subequal but has a more bluntly rounded anterior margin of the cephalon observed in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa imbricata" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imbricata">Ceratothoa imbricata</taxonomicName>
|
||
as well as the two mediolateral concave indents in pleonite 5. Specific characters for
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
include an antennule with an enlarged first article; a medial protrusion on pereonite 1 creating a rounded elevation around the cephalon; and a rostral point which is folded over between the antennae. The anterolateral margins are close to the cephalon and are bluntly rounded extending just past the middle of the cephalon. The uropods are the same length as the pleotelson and the male specimens lack an appendix masculina on pleopod 2 as seen with
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa oestroides" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oestroides">Ceratothoa oestroides</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Risso, 1826),
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa italica" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="italica">Ceratothoa italica</taxonomicName>
|
||
Schioedte & Meinert, 1883,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa capri" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="capri">Ceratothoa capri</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Trilles, 1964c),
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa gilberti" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gilberti">Ceratothoa gilberti</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Richardson, 1904) and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Cymothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cymothoa gaudichaudii" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gaudichaudii">Cymothoa gaudichaudii</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The pleopods do not have many folds or lobes but the pereopods have large carinae and extended protrusions on the merus of pereopods 1 and 2.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
Other differences between
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa africanae" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanae">Ceratothoa africanae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n. is the rostral point, which is blunt and ventrally directed and does not fold over in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa africanae" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanae">Ceratothoa africanae</taxonomicName>
|
||
.;
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
pereonite 7 overlaps pleonite 1 and the P1-P4 merus has a large bulbous protrusion which is smaller in P5-P7 (opposite in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa africanae" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanae">Ceratothoa africanae</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n.); and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
. has pointed rather than rounded anterolateral margins on pereonite 1 as seen in
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa africanae" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanae">Ceratothoa africanae</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Miers, EJ" journalOrPublisher="Colonial Museum and Geological Department of New Zealand, National History Publication" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 133" title="Catalogue of the stalk and sessile-eyed Crustacea of New Zealand." volume="10" year="1876">Miers (1876)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
commented that South African specimens in his possession from the Cape of Good Hope did not correspond to the specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa imbricata" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imbricata">Ceratothoa imbricata</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the British Museum and that there was a probability that the specimens were a distinct species. It is probable that all the records of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa imbricata" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imbricata">Ceratothoa imbricata</taxonomicName>
|
||
(or
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa banksii" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="banksii">Ceratothoa banksii</taxonomicName>
|
||
Leach, 1818) from South Africa are
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Cymothoidae" genus="Ceratothoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ceratothoa famosa" order="Isopoda" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="famosa">Ceratothoa famosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. n.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |