Name - Gnathiidae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:54530 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Gnathiidae Leach 1814

• Gnathiidae Harger 1880

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Nocturnal infestation of flounder (Bothidae: Pleuronectiformes) by parasitic gnathiid isopods in the central Philippines.
• Gnathia pipinde sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), a temporary parasite of the pufferfish, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii, from temperate southern Africa.
• Morphological description and molecular characterization of Gnathia jimmybuffetti sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae): the first new gnathiid in 100 years from the Floridian ecoregion.
• Blood meal identification reveals extremely broad host range and host-bias in a temporary ectoparasite of coral reef fishes.
• Diel fish migration facilitates functional connectivity of coral reef and seagrass habitats via transport of ectoparasites.

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