Cymothoa elegans
| Cymothoa elegans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cymothoidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoa |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885 | |
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. Like other Cymothoa species, C. elegans is an ectoparasite of fish.