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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
162
609
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
51
287
597
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
14
132
303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
6
36
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
15
46
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
15 Genera with 46 Species
Agarna Schioedte & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Amblycephalon Pillai, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 18817SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1818tongue-biter5SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 19025SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18577SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 19851SpeciesTaxom
Joryma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
0SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18816SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Pleopodias Richardson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Ryukyua Williams & B..., 19541SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
46 Species
Agarna cumulus Haller, 1880
Amblycephalon schadleri Nierstrasz, 1915
Anilocra acnathuri
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra australis Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra gigantea Herklots, 1870Parasitic Fish Isopod
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Ceratothoa carinata Bianconi, 1869
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878
Ceratothoa retusa Schioedte & ..., 1883
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa indica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa pulchrum (Lanchester, 1902)⇒ Cymothoa pulchra Lanchester, 1902
Elthusa arnoglossi Trilles & Ju..., 2006
Elthusa californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa epinepheli Trilles & Ju..., 2010
Elthusa parabothi Trilles & Ju..., 2004
Elthusa propinqua Richardson, 1904
Elthusa tropicalis Menzies & Kr..., 1983
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca panamensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya bohlkeorum Williams & B..., 1982
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya xenobranchia Bruce, 1986
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila excisa Richardson, 1914
Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954Mousetail
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila serra Schioedte & ..., 1881
Norileca indica H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Pleopodias elongatus Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Renocila loriae Williams & B..., 1992
Renocila periophthalma Stebbing, 1900Aquatic oligochaete worm
Renocila quadrata Bruce, 1991
Ryukyua circularis Pillai, 1954


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