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.[1] They are in the arthropod phylum and can more closely be classified as crustaceans.[2]
^J. P. Trilles (1979). "Les Cymothoidae (Isopoda, Flabellifera; parasites des poissons) du Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie de Leiden. II. Afrique, Amérique et régions Indo-ouest-Pacifiques" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 54 (17): 245–275.
^"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
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