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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region French Polynesia (Polynesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
199
760
1825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
199
760
1825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
75
182
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
35
94
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
12
43
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
4
11
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
4
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for French Polynesia
4 Genera with 5 Species
Anilocra Leach, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Polynesia
5 Species
Anilocra meridionalis Richardson, 1914
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Nerocila excisa Richardson, 1914


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