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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
117
322
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
115
320
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
45
106
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
16
56
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
8
32
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
4
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Darwin
5 Genera with 7 Species
Anilocra Leach, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter1SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 19402SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Darwin
7 Species
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940


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