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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region South America (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
422
2215
7147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
418
2208
7139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
241
1218
3280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
91
572
1737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
19
144
438
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
7
45
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
26
100
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South America
26 Genera with 100 Species
#ABCEGILMNPRSTV
Aegathoa Dana, 18182SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 200110SpeciesTaxom
Anphira Thatcher, 19954SpeciesTaxom
Artystone Schioedte, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Asotana Schioedte & ..., 19373SpeciesTaxom
Braga Schioedte & ..., 18847SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1816tongue-biter4SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 200715SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18575SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18532SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19041SpeciesTaxom
Irona Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Isonebula Taberner, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Lathraena Schioedte & ..., 18811SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18187SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 185310SpeciesTaxom
Paracymothoa Lemos de Castro, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Philostomella Szidat & Sch..., 19601SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Rhiothra Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Riggia Szidat, 19485SpeciesTaxom
Smenispa Özdikmen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Telethoa1SpeciesTaxom
Telotha Schioedte & ..., 19603SpeciesTaxom
Vanamea Thatcher, 19251SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
100 Species
Aegathoa linguifrons
Aegathoa oculata Say, 1818
Anilocra abudefdufi Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra atlantica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra haemuli Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra holocentri Williams & W..., 1981
Anilocra huacho Rokicki, 1984
Anilocra laevis Miers, 1877Common twinpod
Anilocra laticauda H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Anilocra leptosoma Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra meridionalis Richardson, 1914
Anilocra montti Thatcher & L..., 2001
Anphira branchialis Thatcher, 1993
Anphira guianensis Thatcher, 2002
Anphira junki Araujo & Tha..., 2003
Anphira xinguensis Thatcher, 1995
Artystone bolivianensis Thatcher & S..., 1999
Artystone minima Thatcher & C..., 1988
Artystone trysibia Schioedte, 1866
Asotana formosa Schioedte & ..., 1881
Asotana magnifica Thatcher, 1988
Asotana splendida Leigh-Sharpe, 1937
Braga amapaensis Thatcher, 1996
Braga bachmanni Stadler, 1972
Braga brasiliensis Schioedte & ..., 1881
Braga cichlae Schioedte & ..., 1881
Braga fluviatilis Richardson, 1911White sweetclover
Braga nasuta Schioedte & ..., 1881
Braga patagonica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Ceratothoa atherinae Gourret, 1891
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa gilberti Richardson, 1904
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Cymothoa brasiliensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa catarinensis Thatcher, Lo..., 2003
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833Kingston dewberry
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa henselii (Martens, 1869)⇒ Telotha henselii Martens, 1869
Cymothoa ianuarii Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa liannae Sartor & Pires, 1988American mudworm
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
Cymothoa recifea Thatcher & F..., 2005
Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa spinipalpa Thatcher, de..., 2007
Elthusa californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa emarginata Bleeker, 1857
Elthusa methepia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Glossobius hemiramphi Williams & W..., 1985
Glossobius linearis Dana, 1853
Idusa carinata Richardson, 1904
Irona nana (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Isonebula acanthopleon Taberner, 1998
Isonebula maculatus Taberner, 1977
Lathraena insidiosa Schioedte & ..., 1881
Livoneca bowmani Brusca, 1981
Livoneca guianensis Van Name, 1925
Livoneca lazzari Pearse, 1921
Livoneca methepia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca orinoco Bowman & Dia..., 1957
Livoneca panamensis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Mothocya arrosor Bruce, 1986
Mothocya lineata Miers, 1876
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya omidaptria Bruce, 1986
Mothocya xenobranchia Bruce, 1986
Nerocila aculeata Milne Edwards, 1840Dotted bristle fern
Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & M..., 1881
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila californica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila excisa Richardson, 1914
Nerocila falklandica Cunningham, 1871
Nerocila fluviatilis Schioedte & ..., 1881
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila tenuipes Dana, 1853
Paracymothoa astyanaxi Lemos de Castro, 1955
Paracymothoa oliverosae Grassini C.M., 1993
Paracymothoa parva Taberner, 1976Aquatic oligochaete worm
Paracymothoa tholoceps Bowman, 1986
Philostomella cigarra Szidat & Sch..., 1960Aquatic oligochaete worm
Renocila thresherorum Williams & W..., 1980
Rhiothra callipia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Riggia acuticaudata Thatcher, Lo..., 2002
Riggia brasiliensis Szidat & Sch..., 1960Aquatic oligochaete worm
Riggia cryptocularis Thatcher , d..., 2003
Riggia nana Szidat & Sch..., 1960Aquatic oligochaete worm
Riggia paranensis Szidat, 1948
Smenispa convexa Richardson, 1905
Telethoa henselii (Martens, 1869)⇒ Telotha henselii Martens, 1869
Telotha henselii Martens, 1869
Telotha lunaris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Telotha silurii Szidat & Sch..., 1960Aquatic oligochaete worm
Vanamea symmetrica Van Name, 1925


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