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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Pacific Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
355
1779
4768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
352
1773
4760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
829
1772
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
66
304
715
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
18
89
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
7
31
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
13
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Pacific Ocean
13 Genera with 31 Species
Anilocra Leach, 19876SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1775tongue-biter3SpeciesTaxom
Creniola Bruce, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18575SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18323SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18141SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pacific Ocean
31 Species
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra gigantea Herklots, 1870Parasitic Fish Isopod
Anilocra koolanae Bruce, 1987
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra morsicata Bruce, 1987
Anilocra nemipteri Bruce, 1987
Ceratothoa carinata Bianconi, 1869
Ceratothoa globulus Martin, Bruc..., 2015
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Creniola saurida Avdeev, 1977
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
Elthusa californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa foveolata Hansen, 1897
Elthusa menziesi Brusca, 1981
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Livoneca bowmani Brusca, 1981
Mothocya girellae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya halei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya karobran Bruce, 1986
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya waminda Bruce, 1986
Nerocila congener Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Norileca indica H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Renocila curtipinnata Bruce, 1991
Renocila ovata Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Tetragonocephalon lutianus Avdeev, 1978


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