Elthusa moritakii
Amazing fact
The Torikajika isopod can be told from a similar species by features such as belly width and tail length in egg-bearing females.
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The Torikajika isopod can be told from a similar species by features such as belly width and tail length in egg-bearing females.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Elthusa moritakii
- Scientific name
- Elthusa moritakii
- Japanese name
- トリカジカエラモグリ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Cymothoidae
- Genus
- Elthusa
A member of the uonoe (cymothoid isopods) that was named as a new species. It lives in the Kumano Sea and Sagami Bay.
Basic data
- Range
- Kumano Sea and Sagami Bay
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- トリカジカエラモグリ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — トリカジカエラモグリChecked: 2026-11-04
- The Carcinological Society of Japan — A new species and new host records of the genus Elthusa (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from JapanChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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