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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Indian Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
264
991
2154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
262
988
2151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
122
328
562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
42
144
256
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
12
57
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
5
25
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
13
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean
13 Genera with 27 Species
Anilocra Leach, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1999tongue-biter3SpeciesTaxom
Cinusa Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Creniola Bruce, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Cterissa Schioedte & ..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Lobothorax Bleeker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18574SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18776SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18141SpeciesTaxom
Plotor Schioedte & ..., 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean
27 Species
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra pomacentri Bruce, 1987
Ceratothoa guttata Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa marisrubri Trilles, Col..., 1999
Cinusa tetrodontis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Creniola saurida Avdeev, 1977
Cterissa australiensis Avdeev, 1975
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Idusa plagusiae Schioedte & ..., 1884
Lobothorax laevis Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Mothocya halei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya karobran Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila aculeata Milne Edwards, 1840Dotted bristle fern
Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila trichiura Miers, 1877
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Plotor indus Schioedte & ..., 1881


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