Gnathia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Gnathiidae
Genus: Gnathia
Species: G. acrorudus – G. africana – G. albescens – G. albipalpebrata – G. alces – G. andrei – G. antarctica – G. antonbruunae – G. arabica – G. arctica – G. asperifrons – G. aureola – G. aureumaculosa – G. barnardi – G. beethoveni – G. bengalensis – G. bermudensis – G. biorbis – G. brachyuropus – G. brucei – G. bungoensis – G. calamitosa – G. calmani – G. calsi – G. camponotus – G. camuripenis – G. capillata – G. capricornica – G. carinodenta – G. cerina – G. clementensis – G. cooki – G. coralmaris – G. cornuta – G. coronadoensis – G. cryptopais – G. dejimagi – G. dentata – G. derzhavini – G. disjuncta – G. epopstruma – G. eumeces – G. excavata – G. falcipenis – G. fallax – G. firingae – G. fragilis – G. glauca – G. gonzalezi – G. grandilaris – G. grutterae – G. gurjanovae – G. halei – G. hamletgast – G. hemingwayi – G. hirayamai – G. hirsuta – G. illepidus – G. incana – G. indoinsularis – G. inopinata – G. iridomyrmex – G. johanna – G. koreana – G. kumejimensis – G. lacunacapitalis – G. latidens – G. lignophila – G. limicola – G. luxata – G. maculosa – G. magdalenensis – G. malaysiensis – G. margaritarum – G. marionis – G. marleyi – G. masca – G. maxillaris – G. meticola – G. micheli – G. mulieraria – G. mutsuensis – G. mystrium – G. nicembola – G. nkulu – G. notostigma – G. nubila – G. odontomachus – G. oxyuraea – G. panousei – G. pantherina – G. parvirostrata – G. perimulica – G. phallonajopsis – G. philogona – G. pilosus – G. pipinde – G. piscivora – G. productatridens – G. prolasius – G. puertoricensis – G. rathi – G. rectifrons – G. rhytidoponera – G. ricardoi – G. samariensis – G. sanrikuensis – G. scabra – G. schmidti – G. serrula – G. serrulatifrons – G. sifae – G. somalia – G. spongicola – G. steveni – G. stigmacros – G. stoddarti – G. taprobanensis – G. teissieri – G. teruyukiae – G. tridens – G. trilobata – G. trimaculata – G. triospathiona – G. tuberculata – G. tuberculosa – G. ubatuba – G. varanus – G. variobranchia – G. vellosa – G. venusta – G. virginalis – G. vorax – G. wagneri – G. wisteri – G. zanzibarensis
Name

Gnathia Leach, 1814

Type species: Gnathia termitoides Leach, 1814 (= Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)) (by original designation)
References

Leach, W.E. 1814. Crustaceology in Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh. 7(2): 385–437, 765–766. BHL Reference page.
Ferreira, M.L.; Smit, N.J.; Davies, A.J. 2010: Gnathia grutterae sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) parasitising representatives of the Balistidae, Labridae and Tetraodontidae from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa, 2718: 39–50. Preview
Ferreira, M.L.; Smit, N.J.; Grutter, A.S.; Davies, A.J. 2009: A new species of gnathiid (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitizing teleosts from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Journal of parasitology, 95: 1066–1075. DOI: 10.1645/GE-1920.1
Hadfield, K.A., Schizas, N.V., Chatterjee, T. & Smit, N.J. 2019. Gnathia bermudensis (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), a new species from the mesophotic reefs of Bermuda, with a key to Gnathia from the Greater Caribbean biogeographic region. ZooKeys, 891: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.891.39564 Open access Reference page.
Hadfield, K.A.; Smit, N.J.; Avenant-Oldewage, A. 2008: Gnathia pilosus sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from the East Coast of South Africa. Zootaxa, 1894: 23–41. Abstract & excerpt
Müller, H.-G., 1989: Gnathia wolffi n. sp., a coral-reef inhabiting sopod from Kenya, with a key to the Gnathia ferox complex (Cymothoidea: Gnathiidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 40 (1): 63–67. Full article: [1].
Ota, Y. & Hirose, E. 2009. Description of Gnathia maculosa and a new record of Gnathia trimaculata (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), ectoparasites of elasmobranchs from Okinawan coastal waters. Zootaxa, 2114: 50–60. Abstract & excerpt
Ota, Y. & Hirose, E. 2009.Gnathia nubila n. sp. and a new record of Gnathia grandilaris (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) that parasitizes elasmobranchs from Okinawan coastal waters, Japan. Zootaxa, 2238: 43–55. Abstract & excerpt
Ota, Y., Tanaka K. & Hirose, E. 2007. A new species of Gnathia (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Gnathiidae) from Okinawajima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan. Zoological Science 24(12): 1266–1277. Abstract: DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1266.
Ota, Y. 2014. Three new gnathiid species with larvae ectoparasitic on coastal sharks from southwestern Japan (Crustacea: Isopoda). Zootaxa 3857(4): 478–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.2 Reference page.
Smit, NJ. & Basson, L., 2002: Gnathia pantherina sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Gnathiidae), a temporary ectoparasite of some elasmobranch species from southern Africa. Folia Parasitologica, 49 (2): 137–151. Full article: [2].
Smit, N.J. & Hadfield, K.A. 2022.  Gnathia pipinde sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae), a temporary parasite of the pufferfish, Amblyrhynchotes honckenii, from temperate southern Africa. Zookeys 1129ː 1–19. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1129.90986 Open access Reference page.
Song, J-H. & Min, G-S. 2018. First records of Gnathia Leach, 1814 and Tachaea Schioedte & Meinert, 1879 from South Korea, with descriptions of two new species (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Cymothooidea). ZooKeys 787: 17–35. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.787.26291 Reference page.
Svavarsson, J. 2006: New species of Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoida) from seamounts off northern New Zealand. Zootaxa, 1173: 39–56. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Svavarsson, J. & Bruce, N.L. 2019. New gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from Heron Island and Wistari Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa 4609(1): 31–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.2 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Gnathia in the World Register of Marine Species

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

Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914
Gnathia albescens Hansen, 1916
Gnathia alces Monod, 1926
Gnathia andrei Pires, 1996
Gnathia antarctica (Studer, 1883)
Gnathia antonbruunae Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia arabica Schotte, 1995
Gnathia arctica Gurjanova, 1929
Gnathia asperifrons Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Gnathia aureola Stebbing, 1900
Gnathia aureumaculosa Ferreiera, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2009
Gnathia barnardi Smit & Basson, 2002
Gnathia beethoveni Paul & Menzies, 1971
Gnathia bengalensis Kumari, Hanumantha, Rao & Shyamasundari, 1993
Gnathia biorbis Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Gnathia brachyuropus Monod, 1926
Gnathia brucei George, 2003
Gnathia bungoensis Nunomura, 1982
Gnathia calamitosa Monod, 1926
Gnathia calmani Monod, 1926
Gnathia calsi Mueller, 1993
Gnathia camponotus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia camuripenis Tanaka, 2004
Gnathia capillata Nunomura, 2004
Gnathia cerina (Stimpson, 1853)
Gnathia clementensis Schultz, 1966
Gnathia cooki Mueller, 1989
Gnathia coralmaris Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Gnathia cornuta Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Gnathia coronadoensis Schultz, 1966
Gnathia cryptopais Barnard, 1925
Gnathia dentata (G. O. Sars, 1872)
Gnathia derzhavini Gurjanova, 1933
Gnathia disjuncta Barnard, 1920
Gnathia epopstruma Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia eumeces Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia excavata Ota, 2012
Gnathia falcipenis Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Gnathia fallax Monod, 1926
Gnathia firingae Mueller, 1991
Gnathia fragilis Schultz, 1977
Gnathia glauca Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia gonzalezi Mueller, 1988
Gnathia grandilaris Coetzee, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2008
Gnathia grutterae M. Ferreira, N. Smit & A. Davies, 2010
Gnathia gurjanovae Golovan, 2006
Gnathia halei Cals, 1973
Gnathia hamletgast Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Gnathia hemingwayi Ortiz & Lalana, 1997
Gnathia hirayamai Nunomura, 1992
Gnathia hirsuta Schultz, 1966
Gnathia illepidus (Wagner, 1869)
Gnathia incana Menzies & George, 1972
Gnathia indoinsularis Svavarsson & Jorundsdottir, 2004
Gnathia inopinata Monod, 1925
Gnathia iridomyrmex Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia jimmybuffetti Erasmus, Hadfield, Sikkel, and Smit, 2023
Gnathia johanna Monod, 1926
Gnathia kumejimensis Ota, 2012
Gnathia lacunacapitalis Menzies & George, 1972
Gnathia latidens (Beddard, 1886)
Gnathia lignophila Mueller, 1993
Gnathia limicola Ota, Tanaka & Hirose, 2007
Gnathia luxata Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia maculosa Y. Ota & E. Hirose, 2009
Gnathia magdalenensis Mueller, 1988
Gnathia malaysiensis Mueller, 1993
Gnathia margaritarum Monod, 1926
Gnathia marionis Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Gnathia marleyi Farquharson, Smit & Sikkel, 2012
Gnathia masca Farquharson et al., 2012[2]
Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)
Gnathia meticola Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Gnathia micheli Ortiz, Winfield & Varela, 2012[3]
Gnathia mulieraria Hale, 1924
Gnathia mutsuensis Nunomura, 2004
Gnathia mystrium Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia nicembola Mueller, 1989
Gnathia nkulu Smit & Van As, 2000
Gnathia notostigma Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia nubila Ota & Hirose, 2009
Gnathia odontomachus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia oxyuraea (Lilljeborg, 1855)
Gnathia panousei Daguerre de Hureaux, 1971
Gnathia pantherina Smit & Basson, 2002
Gnathia perimulica Monod, 1926
Gnathia phallonajopsis Monod, 1925
Gnathia philogona Monod, 1926
Gnathia pilosus Hadfield, Smit & Avenant-Oldewage, 2008
Gnathia piscivora Paperna & Por, 1977
Gnathia productatridens Menzies & Barnard, 1959
Gnathia prolasius Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia puertoricensis Menzies & Glynn, 1968
Gnathia rathi Kensley, 1984
Gnathia rectifrons Gurjanova, 1933
Gnathia rhytidoponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia ricardoi Pires, 1996
Gnathia samariensis Mueller, 1988
Gnathia sanrikuensis Nunomura, 1998
Gnathia scabra Ota, 2012
Gnathia schmidti Gurjanova, 1933
Gnathia serrula Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia serrulatifrons Monod, 1926
Gnathia sifae Svavarsson, 2006
Gnathia somalia Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia spongicola Barnard, 1920
Gnathia steveni Menzies, 1962
Gnathia stigmacros Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia stoddarti Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
Gnathia taprobanensis Monod, 1926
Gnathia teissieri Cals, 1972
Gnathia teruyukiae Ota, 2011
Gnathia tridens Menzies & Barnard, 1959
Gnathia trilobata Schultz, 1966
Gnathia trimaculata Coetzee, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2009
Gnathia triospathiona Boone, 1918
Gnathia tuberculata Richardson, 1909
Gnathia tuberculosa (Beddard, 1886)
Gnathia ubatuba Pires, 1996
Gnathia varanus Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Gnathia variobranchia Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Gnathia vellosa Mueller, 1988
Gnathia venusta Monod, 1925
Gnathia virginalis Monod, 1926
Gnathia vorax (Lucas, 1849)
Gnathia wagneri Monod, 1925
Gnathia wisteri Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
Gnathia zanzibarensis Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009

References

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.
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.

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.

Further reading
Maryke L. Ferriera; Nico J. Smit; Angela J. Davies (2010). "Gnathia grutterae sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) parasitising representatives of the Balistidae, Labridae and Tetraodontidae from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2718: 39–50.
Charon Farquharson; Nico J. Smit; Paul C. Sikkel (2012). "Gnathia marleyi sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Gnathiidae) from the eastern Caribbean" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 3381: 47–61.
"New coral reef crustacean described and named after late reggae performer Bob Marley". National Science Foundation. July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2012.