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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
258
1551
4996
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
90
636
2177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
17
164
683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
6
44
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
20
96
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
20 Genera with 96 Species
Anilocra Leach, 198712SpeciesTaxom
Catoessa Schioedte & ..., 19901SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1979tongue-biter12SpeciesTaxom
Creniola Bruce, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Crenisopus Wilson and K..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Cterissa Schioedte & ..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 192619SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 19267SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18182SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Irona Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19869SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 188110SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18824SpeciesTaxom
Pleopodias Richardson, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19876SpeciesTaxom
Smenispa Özdikmen, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
96 Species
Anilocra alloceraea Koelbel, 1879
Anilocra ankistra Bruce, 1987
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra caudata Bovallius, 1887
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra koolanae Bruce, 1987
Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra morsicata Bruce, 1987
Anilocra nemipteri Bruce, 1987
Anilocra pomacentri Bruce, 1987
Anilocra soelae Bruce, 1987
Catoessa ambassae Bruce, 1990
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa barracuda Martin, Bruc..., 2015
Ceratothoa carinata Bianconi, 1869
Ceratothoa contracta Miers, 1880
Ceratothoa globulus Martin, Bruc..., 2015
Ceratothoa guttata Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878
Ceratothoa retusa Schioedte & ..., 1883
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818
Ceratothoa trillesi Avdeev, 1979
Ceratothoa usacarangis Avdeev, 1979
Creniola laticauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Creniola saurida Avdeev, 1977
Crenisopus acinifer Wilson & Keable, 1999
Cterissa australiensis Avdeev, 1975
Cymothoa bopyroides (Lesueur, 1814)⇒ Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carangi Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carangii Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa contracta White, 1847
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Br..., 2011
Cymothoa indica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa pulchra Lanchester, 1902
Cymothoa rotunda Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa vicina Hale, 1926
Elthusa myripristae Bruce, 1990
Elthusa neocytta Avdeev, 1975
Elthusa propinqua Richardson, 1904
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa sacciger Richardson, 1909
Elthusa sigani Bruce, 1990
Elthusa turgidula Hale, 1926
Glossobius anctus Bruce & Bowman, 1989
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Ichthyoxenus minabensis Shiino, 1951
Irona melanosticta (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca raynaudii (Milne Edwards, 1840)⇒ Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca triangulata (Richardson, 1910)⇒ Norileca triangulata Richardson, 1910
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya girellae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya halei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya karobran Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya plagulophora Haller, 1880
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya waminda Bruce, 1986
Nerocila australasiae (Schioedte & ..., 1881)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila barramundae Bruce, 1987
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Nerocila congener Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Nerocila laticauda (Schioedte & ..., 1881)⇒ Creniola laticauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila serra Schioedte & ..., 1881
Norileca indica H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Norileca triangulata Richardson, 1910
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Ourozeuktes monacanthi (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Ourozeuktes owenii (Milne Edwards, 1840)⇒ Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Ourozeuktes pyriformis (Haswell, 1882)⇒ Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Renocila alkoo Bruce, 1987
Renocila curtipinnata Bruce, 1991
Renocila limbata Schioedte & ..., 1884
Renocila ovata Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Renocila periophthalma Stebbing, 1900Aquatic oligochaete worm
Renocila plesiopi Bruce, 1987
Smenispa irregularis Bleeker, 1857
Tetragonocephalon lutianus Avdeev, 1978


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