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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Rio de Janeiro (Southeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
196
500
700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
194
498
700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
109
281
325
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
52
134
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
10
40
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
4
16
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
11
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rio de Janeiro
11 Genera with 17 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 01SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
tongue-biter0SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Paracymothoa Lemos de Castro, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Riggia Szidat, 1948
0SpeciesTaxom
Telotha Schioedte & ..., 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rio de Janeiro
17 Species
Aegathoa linguifrons
Anilocra atlantica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Cymothoa brasiliensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa ianuarii Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Glossobius linearis Dana, 1853
Livoneca methepia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya omidaptria Bruce, 1986
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila tenuipes Dana, 1853
Paracymothoa astyanaxi Lemos de Castro, 1955
Telotha henselii Martens, 1869


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