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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
279
988
1898
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
276
984
1895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
160
575
1067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
54
183
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
13
53
149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
4
19
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
7
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Pacific Ocean
7 Genera with 15 Species
Anilocra Leach, 19873SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1775tongue-biter2SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18401SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18322SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18141SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Pacific Ocean
15 Species
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra gigantea Herklots, 1870Parasitic Fish Isopod
Anilocra koolanae Bruce, 1987
Ceratothoa globulus Martin, Bruc..., 2015
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Mothocya girellae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya halei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya karobran Bruce, 1986
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya waminda Bruce, 1986
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Renocila ovata Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod


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