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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Sahara (North Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
113
227
369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
112
226
368
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
43
75
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
14
26
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
6
12
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
3
7
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
5
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sahara
5 Genera with 5 Species
Anilocra Leach, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1816tongue-biter1SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Pleopodias Richardson, 19111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sahara
5 Species
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
Livoneca soudanensis Richardson, 1911
Pleopodias vigilans Richardson, 1911


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