Gnathia

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Gnathia
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Gnathia marleyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Gnathiidae
Genus: Gnathia
Leach, 1814
Type species
Gnathia maxillaris
(Montagu, 1804)

Gnathia is a genus of isopod crustaceans, containing the following species: [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Marilyn Schotte; Tommy Horton (2012). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Gnathia Leach, 1814". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ Charon Farquharson; Nico J. Smit; Alexandra S. Grutter; Angela J. Davies (2012). "Gnathia masca sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 3233: 22–36.
  3. ↑ Manuel Ortiz; Ignacio Winfield; Carlos Varela (2012). "First records of peracarid crustaceans from the Cayo Matias Ocean Blue Hole, SW Cuba, with the description of two new species" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 3505: 53–66.

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