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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Philippines (Southeast Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
234
1195
3321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
234
1195
3321
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
84
271
401
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
33
171
296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
13
93
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
6
33
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
15
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Philippines
15 Genera with 30 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1910tongue-biter5SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18575SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 1883
0SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Lobothorax Bleeker, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18403SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Pleopodias Richardson, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Rhiothra Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Ryukyua Williams & B..., 19541SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Philippines
30 Species
Anilocra cavicauda Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Ceratothoa angulata Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa guttata Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa parva Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa truncata Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa frontalis Richardson, 1910
Elthusa parva Nierstrasz, 1915
Elthusa philippinensis Richardson, 1910
Elthusa propinqua Richardson, 1904
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Lobothorax aurita Schioedte & ..., 1883
Lobothorax laevis Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila congener Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Nerocila congenor Miers, 1880
Nerocila depressa Milne Edwards, 1840Dotted bristle fern
Norileca indica H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Norileca triangulata Richardson, 1910
Pleopodias elongatus Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Renocila richardsonae Williams & B..., 1992
Rhiothra callipia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Ryukyua circularis Pillai, 1954


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