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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Netherlands (Benelux)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
216
646
1319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
215
645
1317
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
117
347
714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
38
125
235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
12
35
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
5
13
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
5
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Netherlands
5 Genera with 8 Species
Anilocra Leach, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
tongue-biter0SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18324SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Netherlands
8 Species
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila cephalotes Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila maculata (H. Milne-Edw..., 1840)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
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