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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Europe (Eurasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
560
3291
13093
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
547
3256
13030
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
295
1773
7951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
106
768
3854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
22
171
519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
7
45
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
16
66
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Europe
16 Genera with 66 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter14SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17587SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18574SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18532SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Irona Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18686SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 187715SpeciesTaxom
Olencira Leach, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18141SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Smenispa Özdikmen, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
66 Species
Aegathoa medialis Richardson, 1900Open lupine
Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818Cape Fish Louse
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra mediterranea Leach, 1818
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa capri Trilles, 1964
Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa impressa Say, 1818
Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa linearis Dana, 1853
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878
Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Ceratothoa retusa Schioedte & ..., 1883
Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa mathieui Leach, 1818
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)⇒ Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa scopulorum Linnaeus, 1758
Elthusa propinqua Richardson, 1904
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Glossobius linearis Dana, 1853
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Irona nana (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca pomatomi Gaillat Airoldi, 1942
Livoneca sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya belonae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya taurica Czerniavsky, 1868
Nerocila aculeata Milne Edwards, 1840Dotted bristle fern
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Nerocila californica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila cephalotes Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila maculata (H. Milne-Edw..., 1840)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila neapolitana (Schiodte & M..., 1879)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila rhabdota Koelbel, 1878
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Nerocila trichiura Miers, 1877
Olencira lamarckii Leach, 1818
Olencira praegustator Latrobe, 1802
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Renocila kohnoi Williams & W..., 1987
Renocila ovata Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Renocila quadrata Bruce, 1991
Smenispa irregularis Bleeker, 1857


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