Cymothoa elegans

Cymothoa elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae
Genus: Cymothoa
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cymothoa elegans
Bovallius, 1885

Cymothoa elegans is a species of parasitic isopod in the genus Cymothoa. It has rarely been recorded, with all records coming from the north coast of Java. Like other Cymothoa species, C. elegans is a fish ectoparasite.

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