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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Atlantic Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
359
1638
4948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
356
1632
4934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
795
1984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
68
318
825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
17
77
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
6
27
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
11
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Atlantic Ocean
11 Genera with 32 Species
Anilocra Leach, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1879tongue-biter7SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18846SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18792SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18402SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18533SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Olencira Leach, 18021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Atlantic Ocean
32 Species
Anilocra atlantica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa globosa Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816Pinpoint clover
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Emetha adriatica Bovallius, 1885
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Glossobius albinae Kononenko, 1986
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Glossobius linearis Dana, 1853
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya belonae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Olencira praegustator Latrobe, 1802


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