Taxon classification Animalia Isopoda Cymothoidae

Ceratothoa triglae Gourret, 1891 species inquirenda

Ceratothoa triglae Gourret, 1891: 19-20, pl. 11, figs 14-19.

Remarks.

Ceratothoa triglae (Gourret, 1891) was described from a male specimen measuring 7 mm TL. Gourret (1891) reported that it measured at least four times longer than wide and that it was found on the cheeks and belly of Chelidonichthys lucerna (previously Trigla corax). Second stage pulli were also found on the cheeks, probably newly released, along with the female; however, no other mention is made of the female after this statement. This species was subsequently placed into synonymy with Cymothoa parallela (see Radujković et al. 1984) and maintained there by Trilles (1994) and Horton (2000). As there is no known type material, and the description is based on a male specimen, this species can only be regarded as species inquirenda.