Mothocya Costa

Wal, Serita van der, Smit, Nico J., Bruce, Niel L., Olaosebikan, Babatunde & Hadfield, Kerry A., 2021, Two new species of branchial fish parasitic isopod of the genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from Nigeria, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 15, pp. 1-11 : 2

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https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.03.001

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scientific name

Mothocya Costa
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Genus Mothocya Costa View in CoL , in Hope, 1851

Mothocya Costa View in CoL , in Hope, 1851: 48.— Monod, 1971: 174.— Bruce, 1986: 1092–1095.— Trilles, 1994: 197.— Hadfield et al. (2014): 111 View Cited Treatment .— Hadfield et al. (2015): 148.

Irona Schioedte and Meinert, 1884: 381 View in CoL .— Stebbing, 1905: 27.— Richardson, 1905: 265.— Hale, 1926: 218.— Monod, 1971: 174.— Kussakin, 1979: 307.— Trilles, 1994: 166.

Type species. Mothocya epimerica Costa View in CoL , in Hope, 1851; by subsequent designation (see Bruce, 1986).

Remarks. Diagnostic characters for Mothocya include an asymmetrical (twisted) body, antennae bases widely separated, antennula stout and longer than antenna, maxilliped lacking oostegital lobe, with 3–5 robust setae on article 3, pereopods without carina and protrusions and simple pleopods without setae. A full diagnosis of the genus was provided by Bruce (1986) and later updated by Hadfield et al. (2014).

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Cymothoidae

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Mothocya Costa

Wal, Serita van der, Smit, Nico J., Bruce, Niel L., Olaosebikan, Babatunde & Hadfield, Kerry A. 2021
2021
Loc

Mothocya

Hadfield, K. A. & Bruce, N. L. & Smit, N. J. 2015: 148
Hadfield, K. A. & Sikkel, P. C. & Smit, N. J. 2014: 111
Trilles, J. - P. 1994: 197
Bruce, N. L. 1986: 1092
Monod, T. 1971: 174
1971
Loc

Irona

Trilles, J. - P. 1994: 166
Kussakin, O. G. 1979: 307
Monod, T. 1971: 174
Hale, H. M. 1926: 218
Stebbing, T. R. R. 1905: 27
Richardson, H. 1905: 265
Schioedte, J. C. & Meinert, F. 1884: 381
1884
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