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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
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
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
19
81
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
19 Genera with 81 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 200612SpeciesTaxom
Artystone Schioedte, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter9SpeciesTaxom
Cinusa Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Cteatessa Schioedte & ..., 18831SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 198614SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18182SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 19655SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19869SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 187715SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Pleopodias Richardson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Rhiothra Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
81 Species
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
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
Artystone bolivianensis Thatcher & S..., 1999
Artystone trysibia Schioedte, 1866
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
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
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
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
Livoneca ricinoides Risso, 1816
Livoneca soudanensis Richardson, 1911
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
Pleopodias vigilans Richardson, 1911
Renocila heterozota Bowman & Mar..., 1968
Renocila indica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Rhiothra callipia Schioedte & ..., 1884


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