Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880

John Hollier, 2017, The type specimens of parasitic marine isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothooidea) described by Henri de Saussure and Gottfried Haller deposited in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (1), pp. 183-186 : 185

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.322676

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6046828

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scientific name

Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
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plagulophora Haller, 1880: 380 View in CoL -381, figs 8-9 [ Livoneca View in CoL ]. Mauritius. Three ♀.

The MHNG collection includes four specimens in alcohol under the name Livoneca plagulophora in two jars. The first jar has three specimens, each in a separate vial containing a typewritten label “ Livoneca plagulophora HALLER, syntype transféré en alcool le 26.IX.1985” and “ILE MAURICE” and a small label printed on pink paper with a hole made by the original pin and now illegible. One vial also contains a handwritten label “ Livoneca plagulophora Hall. Ile Maurice” with two pin holes, having been folded and then secured on a pin. These specimens are syntypes. The second jar contains one ♀, also from Mauritius, but with a label in Carl’s handwriting indicating that it is not part of the type series. Mothocya plagulophora ( Haller, 1880)

rotundifrons Haller, 1880: 375 -377, figs 1-4 [ Cymothoa ]. Mauritius. One specimen.

The MHNG collection includes one pinned specimen under the name Cymothoa rotundifrons with the label “ Cymothoa rotundifrons , Mauritius” in Haller’s handwriting. This specimen is the holotype. Crustacea box 14.

Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Isopoda

Family

Cymothoidae

Genus

Cymothoa

Loc

Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880

John Hollier 2017
2017
Loc

plagulophora

Haller 1880: 380
1880
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