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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
37
56
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
56
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
13
19
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
7
10
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
1
4
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
1
4
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
4
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
4 Genera with 2 Species
Anilocra Leach, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter1SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
2 Species
Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818Cape Fish Louse
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818


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