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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1476
3860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1471
3855
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
175
638
1349
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
69
316
712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
16
118
288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
6
27
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
9
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
9 Genera with 38 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Agarna Schioedte & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 188112SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17587SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18183SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18845SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19803SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
38 Species
Aegathoa linguifrons
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Agarna cumulus Haller, 1880
Anilocra acanthuri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra acnathuri
Anilocra chaetodontis Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra chromis Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra haemuli Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra holacanthi Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra holocentri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra laevis Miers, 1877Common twinpod
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra myripristis Williams & W..., 1981Blackbar Soldierfish Isopod
Anilocra partiti Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1881
Cymothoa caraibica (Bovallius, 1885)⇒ Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa guadeloupensis Fabricius, 1793
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca panamensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya argenosa Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bermudensis Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bohlkeorum Williams & B..., 1982
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Nerocila benrosei Bunkley-Will..., 1999
Nerocila serra Schioedte & ..., 1881
Renocila bowmani Williams & W..., 1980
Renocila colini Williams & W..., 1980
Renocila waldneri Williams & W..., 1980


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