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Redescription and molecular characterization of Mothocya parvostis Bruce, 1986 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on Japanese halfbeak, Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Hemiramphidae) with Mothocya sajori Bruce, 1986 placed into synonymy
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- 1. Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan. & hirokifujita1231@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4018-5727
- 2. Takehara Station, Setouchi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minatomachi, Takehara, Hiroshima 725-0024, Japan. & anee3716@gmail.com; aneesh@hiroshima-u.ac.jp; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-5107
- 3. Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan. & kawai-ken@hiroshima-u.ac.jp; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-3686
- 4. Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, 2-5 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan.
- 5. Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, 459 Shirahama, Wakayama, 649-2211, Japan. shimomura.michitaka.5w@kyoto-u.ac.jp; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2524-7160 & Department of Zoology, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
- 6. Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan. & umino@hiroshima-u.ac.jp; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-1838
- 7. Takehara Station, Setouchi Field Science Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 5-8-1 Minatomachi, Takehara, Hiroshima 725-0024, Japan. & ohtsuka@hiroshima-u.ac.jp; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6018-7442
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Fujita, Hiroki, Aneesh, Panakkool Thamban, Kawai, Kentaro, Kitamura, Shin-Ichi, Shimomura, Michitaka, Umino, Tetsuya, Ohtsuka, Susumu (2023): Redescription and molecular characterization of Mothocya parvostis Bruce, 1986 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic on Japanese halfbeak, Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Hemiramphidae) with Mothocya sajori Bruce, 1986 placed into synonymy. Zootaxa 5277 (2): 259-286, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.2.2
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