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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
92
200
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
92
200
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
42
72
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
22
39
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
8
16
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
2
7
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
6
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tamil Nadu
6 Genera with 6 Species
Agarna Schioedte & ..., 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
tongue-biter0SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Joryma Bowman & Tareen, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
6 Species
Cymothoa indica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
Joryma tartoor Pillai, 1954
Mothocya plagulophora Haller, 1880
Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954Mousetail
Nerocila trivittata 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