A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa, with a key to the externally attaching genera of Cymothoidae
Bambalocra intwala gen. et sp. nov. is described from Sodwana Bay, north-eastern South Africa. The monotypic genus is characterised by the broadly truncate anterior margin of the head with a ventral rostrum, coxae 2–5 being ventral in position not forming part of the bod...
Main Authors: | Niel L. Bruce, Rachel L. Welicky, Kerry A. Hadfield, Nico J. Smit |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2019-11-01
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Series: | ZooKeys |
Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/38638/download/pdf/ |
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