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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
156
354
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
155
353
513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
92
219
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
39
114
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
11
21
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
5
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
3 Genera with 4 Species
Anilocra Leach, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18322SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
4 Species
Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818Cape Fish Louse
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832


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