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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
283
1069
2864
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
281
1067
2861
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
140
420
697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
57
216
446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
14
87
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
5
28
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
13
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
13 Genera with 25 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Agarna Schioedte & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18572SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19041SpeciesTaxom
Irona Schioedte & ..., 18971SpeciesTaxom
Kuna Williams & W..., 19851SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Smenispa Özdikmen, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
25 Species
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Agarna cumulus Haller, 1880
Anilocra abudefdufi Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra haemuli Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1881
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Elthusa foveolata Hansen, 1897
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Idusa carinata Richardson, 1904
Irona foveolata (Hansen, 1897)⇒ Elthusa foveolata Hansen, 1897
Kuna insularis Williams & W..., 1985
Livoneca panamensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya panamica Bruce, 1986
Mothocya rosea Bruce, 1986
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila californica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Smenispa convexa Richardson, 1905


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