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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Mexico (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
319
1345
3818
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
317
1342
3810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
161
567
1251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
55
211
475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
13
83
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
5
26
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
11
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mexico
11 Genera with 26 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1840tongue-biter3SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18574SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 19852SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Smenispa Özdikmen, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mexico
26 Species
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Anilocra elviae Winfield, Al..., 2002
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra meridionalis Richardson, 1914
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa gilberti Richardson, 1904
Ceratothoa laticauda (Milne Edwards, 1840)⇒ Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Elthusa alvaradoensis Rocha-Ramíre..., 2005
Elthusa californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa menziesi Brusca, 1981
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Livoneca bowmani Brusca, 1981
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya gilli Bruce, 1986
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya rosea Bruce, 1986
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila californica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Renocila thresherorum Williams & W..., 1980
Smenispa convexa Richardson, 1905


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