Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Cymothoida > Superfamily Cymothooidea > Family Cymothoidae > Genus Ceratothoa

Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ceratothoa*	Dana, 1852	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cymothoa parallela*	Otto, 1828	basionym
*Ceratothoa deplanata*	Bovallius, 1885	synonym
*Cymothoa parallela*	Otto, 1828	synonym

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321
additional source	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA.
source of synonymy	Horton, T. 2000. Ceratothoa steindachneri (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) new to British waters with a key to north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Ceratothoa. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 80, 1041-1052.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828). In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2014) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118872