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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
176
486
857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
175
485
857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
84
196
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
34
95
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
10
39
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
5
19
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
7
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Puerto Rico
7 Genera with 22 Species
Agarna Schioedte & ..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 19819SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18182SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
22 Species
Agarna cumulus Haller, 1880
Anilocra acanthuri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra acnathuri
Anilocra chaetodontis Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra chromis Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra haemuli Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra holacanthi Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra holocentri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra myripristis Williams & W..., 1981Blackbar Soldierfish Isopod
Cymothoa caraibica (Bovallius, 1885)⇒ Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius impressus Say, 1818
Livoneca panamensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya bermudensis Bruce, 1986
Mothocya bohlkeorum Williams & B..., 1982
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Renocila colini Williams & W..., 1980


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