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Checklist for Superfamily Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
450
2718
9963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
447
2712
9948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
242
1296
4284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
96
668
2564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
20
160
538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
8
42
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
8 Families width 180 Species
Aegidae White, 185031SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818Fish Doctors81SpeciesTaxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 200617SpeciesTaxom
Barybrotidae Hansen, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 181445SpeciesTaxom
Capitoniscidae Boyko & Will..., 20231SpeciesTaxom
Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Tridentellidae Bruce, 19842SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
42 Genera with 180 Species
#ABCDEGILMNPRSTX
Aega Leach, 183615SpeciesTaxom
Aegapheles Bruce, 20044SpeciesTaxom
Aegathoa Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Aegiochus Bovallius, 18815SpeciesTaxom
Alcirona Hansen, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 200612SpeciesTaxom
Argathona Stebbing, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Artystone Schioedte, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Barybrotes Schioedte & ..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Bathygnathia Dollfus, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Caecognathia Dollfus, 19945SpeciesTaxom
Capitoniscus Bourdon, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter9SpeciesTaxom
Cinusa Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Corallana Dana, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Cteatessa Schioedte & ..., 18831SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 198614SpeciesTaxom
Danalia Giard, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Elaphognathia Monod, 19894SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Epulaega Bruce, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Euneognathia Stebbing, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Excorallana Stebbing, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18182SpeciesTaxom
Gnathia Leach, 200929SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 19655SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Lanocira Hansen, 19056SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Monodgnathia Cohen & Poore, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19869SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 187715SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Paragnathia Omer-Cooper ..., 18641SpeciesTaxom
Pleopodias Richardson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Rhiothra Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Rocinela Leach, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Syscenus Harger, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Tridentella Richardson, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Xenuraega Tattersall, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
180 Species
Aega (Aega) deshaysiana (H. Milne-Edw..., 1840)⇒ Aegapheles deshaysiana H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Aega (Rhamphion) incisa Schioedte an..., 1879
Aega antillensis Schioedte & ..., 1879
Aega chelipous Barnard, 1960
Aega deshayesiana Milne Edwards, 1840
Aega dollfusi Monod, 1933
Aega falklandica Kussakin, 1967Flatcrown buckwheat
Aega gracilipes Hansen, 1895Maria laurel
Aega monilis Barnard, 1914
Aega novizealandiae Dana, 1853
Aega ommatophylax
Aega semicarinata Miers, 1875Chambers' twinpod
Aega urotoma Barnard, 1914
Aega webbi (Guérin-Ménev..., 1836)⇒ Aega webbii Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Aega webbii Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Aegapheles alazon Bruce, 2004
Aegapheles antillensis Schioedte & ..., 1879
Aegapheles deshaysiana H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Aegapheles kwazulu Bruce, 2004
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Aegiochus crozetensis Kussakin & V..., 1982
Aegiochus dollfusi Monod, 1933
Aegiochus gracilipes Hansen, 1895
Aegiochus incisa Schiödte & M..., 1879
Aegiochus vigilans Haswell, 1881
Alcirona multidigitata Dana, 1853
Anilocra acuminata Haller, 1880
Anilocra ankistra Bruce, 1987
Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818Cape Fish Louse
Anilocra coxalis Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra guinensis Bovallius, 1887
Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra mediterranea Leach, 1818
Anilocra monoma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra pilchardi Bariche & Tr..., 2006
Argathona hirsuta Hobbins & Jones, 1993
Argathona macronema Bleeker, 1857
Argathona normani Stebbing, 1905
Argathona reidi
Argathona rhinoceros Bleeker, 1857
Argathona similis (Richardson, 1910)⇒ Argathona macronema Bleeker, 1857
Artystone bolivianensis Thatcher & S..., 1999
Artystone trysibia Schioedte, 1866
Barybrotes indus Schioedte & ..., 1879
Bathygnathia bathybia Beddard, 1886
Bathygnathia cardiocondyla Cohen & Poore, 1994
Bathygnathia opisthopsis Cohen & Poore, 1994
Bathygnathia tapinoma Cohen & Poore, 1994
Caecognathia antarctica Studer, 1884
Caecognathia cryptopais Barnard, 1925
Caecognathia dolichoderus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Caecognathia gnamptogenys Cohen & Poore, 1994
Caecognathia leptanilla Cohen & Poore, 1994
Capitoniscus cumacei Bourdon, 1972
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa carinata Bianconi, 1869
Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa guttata Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Ceratothoa retusa Schioedte & ..., 1883
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818
Cinusa tetrodontis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Corallana africana Barnard, 1914
Corallana furcilla Barnard, 1955
Corallana hirsuta Schioedte & ..., 1879
Cteatessa retusa (Schioedte & ..., 1883)⇒ Ceratothoa retusa Schioedte & ..., 1883
Cymothoa banksii Leach, 1818
Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa mathieui Leach, 1818
Cymothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)⇒ Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978
Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
Danalia hapalocarcini Fize, 1955
Danalia ypsilon Smith, 1906
Elaphognathia aldabrae Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Elaphognathia gladia Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Elaphognathia ramosa Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Elaphognathia wolffi Mueller, 1989
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Epulaega monilis Barnard, 1914
Euneognathia gigas Beddard, 1886
Excorallana oculata Hansen, 1890
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914
Gnathia antonbruunae Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Gnathia arabica Schotte, 1995
Gnathia barnardi Smit & Basson, 2002
Gnathia camponotus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia cryptopais Barnard, 1925
Gnathia disjuncta Barnard, 1920
Gnathia epopostruma Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia firingae Mueller, 1991
Gnathia frontalis
Gnathia glauca Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Gnathia indoinsularis Svavarsson &..., 2004
Gnathia iridomyrmex Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia maxillaris Montagu, 1804
Gnathia mystrium Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia nkulu Smit & Van As, 2000
Gnathia odontomachus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia panousei Daguerre de ..., 1971
Gnathia pilosus Hadfield, Sm..., 2008
Gnathia pipinde Smit & Hadfield, 2022Pufferfish Isopod
Gnathia rhytidoponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia somalia Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Gnathia spongicola Barnard, 1920
Gnathia stigmacros Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia stoddarti Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Gnathia tuberculosa Beddard, 1886
Gnathia vorax Lucas, 1849
Gnathia wolffi (Mueller, 1989)⇒ Elaphognathia wolffi Mueller, 1989
Gnathia zanzibarensis Kensley, Sch..., 2009
Ichthyoxenus africana Lincoln, 1972
Ichthyoxenus expansus Van Name, 1920
Ichthyoxenus micronyx Miers, 1880
Ichthyoxenus puhi Bowman, 1962
Ichthyoxenus tanganyikae Fryer, 1965
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Lanocira anasicula Jones, 1982
Lanocira capensis
Lanocira gardineri Stebbing, 1904
Lanocira glabra Jones, 1982
Lanocira latifrons Stebbing, 1910
Lanocira zeylanica Stebbing, 1905
Livoneca ricinoides Risso, 1816
Livoneca soudanensis Richardson, 1911
Monodgnathia ponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
Mothocya argenosa Bruce, 1986
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya longicopa Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya plagulophora Haller, 1880
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya trillesi Rokicki, 1986
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Nerocila cephalotes Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila livida Budde-Lund, 1908
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila macleayi Miers, 1884
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila serra Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Nerocila trichiura Miers, 1877
Norileca indica H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Paragnathia formica Hesse, 1864
Pleopodias vigilans Richardson, 1911
Renocila heterozota Bowman & Mar..., 1968
Renocila indica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Rhiothra callipia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Rocinela danmoniensis Leach, 1818
Rocinela dumerilii Lucas, 1849
Rocinela granulosa Barnard, 1914
Rocinela orientalis Schioedte & ..., 1879
Syscenus infelix Harger, 1880Woodland peperomia
Tridentella benguela Brandt & Poore, 2001
Tridentella namibia Brandt & Poore, 2001
Xenuraega ptilocera Tattersall, 1909Aquatic oligochaete worm

Subnodes of Cryptoniscoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyAegidae
White, 1850
7
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBarybrotidae
Hansen, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCapitoniscidae
Boyko & Williams, 2023
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorallanidae
Nunomura, 2006
5
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCryptoniscidae
Kossmann, 1880
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
19
81
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGnathiidae
Leach, 1814
7
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTridentellidae
Bruce, 1984
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cryptoniscoidea at artfakta.se
Cryptoniscoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Cryptoniscoidea at dyntaxa.se
Cryptoniscoidea at itis.gov
Cryptoniscoidea at marinespecies.org