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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Belgium (Benelux)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
153
384
731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
152
383
728
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
86
251
492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
32
101
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
9
29
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
3
8
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Belgium
4 Genera with 7 Species
Anilocra Leach, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1816tongue-biter1SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18323SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Belgium
7 Species
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila maculata (H. Milne-Edw..., 1840)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832


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