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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
104
346
566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
104
346
566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
27
59
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
14
35
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
7
20
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
3
6
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saudi Arabia
3 Genera with 4 Species
Ceratothoa Dana, 1883tongue-biter1SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
4 Species
Ceratothoa retusa Schioedte & ..., 1883
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Nerocila serra Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila sundaica Bleeker, 1857


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