Elthusa phoenix sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), a branchial fish parasitic isopod, from the Sohachi flounder, Cleisthenes pinetorum Jordan and Starks, 1904 from off Sado Island, Japan

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