Elthusa californica

Elthusa californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae
Genus: Elthusa
Species:
E. californica
Binomial name
Elthusa californica
(Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)

Elthusa californica is a species of isopod in the family Cymothoidae[1][2][3] of the order Isopoda. E. californica is a saltwater parasitic isopod. Like many species of the Elthusa genus, E. californica was first placed in within the Liveneca genus, but later underwent taxonomic revisions.[4]

Sketch of a female adult E. californica.[5]
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  3. ^ van der Wal, Serita; Smit, Nico J.; Hadfield, Kerry A. (2019-04-23). "Review of the fish parasitic genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa, including the description of three new species". ZooKeys (841): 1–37. doi:10.3897/zookeys.841.32364. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6491414. PMID 31097912.
  4. ^ Light, Sol Felty, 1886-1947. (2007). The Light and Smith manual : intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5. OCLC 228783185.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)