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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Port Aransas (Nueces County, Texas, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
47
73
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
47
73
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
12
16
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
10
14
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
3
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
2
4
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Port Aransas
3 Genera with 6 Species
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18732SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Port Aransas
6 Species
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca texana Pearse, 1952Springtime dewberry
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila munda Harger, 1873Maui peperomia


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