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

Mothocya nana (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mothocya*	Hope, 1851	accepted genus name
*Irona*		synonym

Species group names

*Irona nana*	Schioedte & Meinert, 1884	basionym
*Irona nana*	Schioedte & Meinert, 1884	synonym

Literature

original description	Schioedte, J. C. and Meinert, F. W. (1884) Symbolae ad Monographiam Cymothoarum Isopodum Familiae 4. Cymothoidae. Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (3) 14: 221-454.
basis of record	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.
additional source	Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Isopod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

Schotte, M. (2014). Mothocya nana (Schioedte & Meinert, 1884). 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:256825