Mothocya kaorui n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), a fish-parasitic isopod with unique antennules from the Izu

Ryota Kawanishi1,2,3, Yusuke Miyazaki4,5, Takashi P Satoh6,7,8

  • 1Hokkaido University of Education, Kushiro, 15-55, Shiroyama 1, Kushiro, 085-8580, Japan. kawanishi.ryota@k.hokkyodai.ac.jp.

Systematic Parasitology
|January 25, 2023
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