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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
369
1445
4451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
365
1439
4433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
196
817
2919
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
70
363
1443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
16
93
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
4
27
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
12
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Europe
12 Genera with 34 Species
Aegathoa Dana, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Anilocra Leach, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1879tongue-biter10SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 19501SpeciesTaxom
Irona Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18188SpeciesTaxom
Olencira Leach, 18181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Europe
34 Species
Anilocra capensis Leach, 1818Cape Fish Louse
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra mediterranea Leach, 1818
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)⇒ Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa capri Trilles, 1964
Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878
Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Irona nana (Schioedte & ..., 1884)⇒ Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca pomatomi Gaillat Airoldi, 1942
Livoneca sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Mothocya belonae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851
Mothocya nana Schioedte & ..., 1884
Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
Nerocila maculata (H. Milne-Edw..., 1840)⇒ Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila rhabdota Koelbel, 1878
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Olencira lamarckii Leach, 1818


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