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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
205
942
2057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
79
377
870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
19
105
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
7
33
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
13
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
13 Genera with 37 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1979tongue-biter7SpeciesTaxom
Creniola Bruce, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18535SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18845SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 19891SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenos Herklots, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 02SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18845SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18325SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
37 Species
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Anilocra gigantea Herklots, 1870Parasitic Fish Isopod
Anilocra meridionalis Richardson, 1914
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
Creniola breviceps Schioedte & ..., 1881Large milkweed bug
Cymothoa banksii Leach, 1818
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
Elthusa caudata Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa neocytta Avdeev, 1975
Elthusa propinqua Richardson, 1904
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa samoensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Glossobius anctus Bruce & Bowman, 1989
Ichthyoxenos puhi Bowman, 1962
Ichthyoxenus puhi Bowman, 1962
Livoneca epimerias Richardson, 1909
Livoneca samoensis
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya collettei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya ihi Bruce, 1986
Mothocya lineata Miers, 1876
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Nerocila australasiae (Schioedte & ..., 1881)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila excisa Richardson, 1914
Nerocila imbricata
Nerocila macleayi Miers, 1884
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814


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