entocythere

\\ˌentōˈsithə(ˌ)rē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ent- + Cythere genus of crustaceans, from Cythere, epithet of Aphrodite, from Latin, from Greek Kytherē, from Kythēra (Cythera), island in the Aegean

: a genus of parasitic ostracods found in the gill cavities of various No. American crayfishes