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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Mediterranean Sea (Atlantic Ocean)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
145
334
654
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
144
333
653
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
73
163
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
36
82
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
12
30
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
4
14
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
8
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mediterranean Sea
8 Genera with 19 Species
Anilocra Leach, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1828tongue-biter5SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18163SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18402SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18183SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mediterranean Sea
19 Species
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816Pinpoint clover
Elthusa sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Emetha adriatica Bovallius, 1885
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Mothocya belonae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818


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