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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region New Zealand (Polynesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
309
1248
2585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
306
1243
2581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
183
762
1544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
64
278
618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
17
66
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
6
22
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
6
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Zealand
6 Genera with 18 Species
Ceratothoa Dana, 1979tongue-biter7SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18403SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18323SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Zealand
18 Species
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa huttoni Filhol, 1885
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa novae-zelandiae Filhol, 1885
Ceratothoa trigonocephala Leach, 1818
Ceratothoa trilles Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa banksii Leach, 1818
Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Elthusa neocytta Avdeev, 1975
Elthusa propinqua Richardson, 1904
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Livoneca epimerias Richardson, 1909
Mothocya ihi Bruce, 1986
Mothocya lineata Miers, 1876
Nerocila imbricata
Nerocila macleayi Miers, 1884
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