WoRMS taxon details
Mothocya longicopa Bruce, 1986
256823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256823)
accepted
Species
Irona trillesi Rokicki, 1986 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mothocya trillesi (Rokicki, 1986) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bruce, N. L. (1986) Revision of the isopod crustacean genus <i>Mothocya</i> Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Cymothoidae: Flabellifera), parasitic on marine fishes. Journal of Natural History 20: 1089-1192. [details]
Note W. Africa
type locality W. Africa [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Mothocya longicopa Bruce, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256823 on 2025-03-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Bruce, N. L. (1986) Revision of the isopod crustacean genus <i>Mothocya</i> Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Cymothoidae: Flabellifera), parasitic on marine fishes. Journal of Natural History 20: 1089-1192. [details]
original description (of Irona trillesi Rokicki, 1986) Rokicki, J. (1986). Two new species of Cymothoidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) from fishes of the shelf of north-west Africa. <em>Acta Parasitologica Polonica.</em> 30(27): 251-258. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
original description (of Irona trillesi Rokicki, 1986) Rokicki, J. (1986). Two new species of Cymothoidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) from fishes of the shelf of north-west Africa. <em>Acta Parasitologica Polonica.</em> 30(27): 251-258. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality W. Africa [details]
