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Checklist for Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 (Fish Doctors)
and region World Oceans


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
442
2839
10549
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
439
2830
10522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
249
1402
4267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod
90
557
1811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
23
149
499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
9
50
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters
20
79
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for World Oceans
20 Genera with 79 Species
Anilocra Leach, 198711SpeciesTaxom
Ceratothoa Dana, 1879tongue-biter12SpeciesTaxom
Cinusa Schioedte & ..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Creniola Bruce, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Cterissa Schioedte & ..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 197812SpeciesTaxom
Elthusa Schioedte & ..., 18576SpeciesTaxom
Emetha Schioedte & ..., 18402SpeciesTaxom
Glossobius Schioedte & ..., 18533SpeciesTaxom
Idusa Schioedte & ..., 18842SpeciesTaxom
Livoneca Leach, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Lobothorax Bleeker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Mothocya Costa, 19868SpeciesTaxom
Nerocila Leach, 18779SpeciesTaxom
Norileca Bruce, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Olencira Leach, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edw..., 18141SpeciesTaxom
Plotor Schioedte & ..., 18811SpeciesTaxom
Renocila Miers, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 19781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for World Oceans
79 Species
Anilocra apogonae Bruce, 1987Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra atlantica Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra dimidiata Bleeker, 1857
Anilocra frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1840Dotted bristle fern
Anilocra gigantea Herklots, 1870Parasitic Fish Isopod
Anilocra koolanae Bruce, 1987
Anilocra longicauda Schioedte & ..., 1881
Anilocra morsicata Bruce, 1987
Anilocra nemipteri Bruce, 1987
Anilocra physodes Linnaeus, 1758Parasitic Isopod
Anilocra pomacentri Bruce, 1987
Ceratothoa carinata Bianconi, 1869
Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Ceratothoa globulus Martin, Bruc..., 2015
Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa guttata Richardson, 1910
Ceratothoa imbricata Fabricius, 1775
Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & M..., 1883
Ceratothoa marisrubri Trilles, Col..., 1999
Ceratothoa oestroides Risso, 1816
Ceratothoa parallela Otto, 1828
Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
Cinusa tetrodontis Schioedte & ..., 1884
Creniola saurida Avdeev, 1977
Cterissa australiensis Avdeev, 1975
Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa eremita Brunnich, 1783
Cymothoa exigua Schiødte & ..., 1884Fish Tongue Biter
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa globosa Schiödte & M..., 1884
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816Pinpoint clover
Cymothoa oestrum Linnaeus, 1758
Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & ..., 1884
Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978
Elthusa californica Schioedte & ..., 1884
Elthusa foveolata Hansen, 1897
Elthusa menziesi Brusca, 1981
Elthusa raynaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Elthusa sinuata Koelbel, 1879
Elthusa vulgaris Stimpson, 1857
Emetha adriatica Bovallius, 1885
Emetha audouini H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Glossobius albinae Kononenko, 1986
Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
Glossobius linearis Dana, 1853
Idusa dieuzeidei Dollfus, 1950
Idusa plagusiae Schioedte & ..., 1884
Livoneca bowmani Brusca, 1981
Livoneca ovalis (Say, 1818)⇒ Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Livoneca redmanii Leach, 1818
Lobothorax laevis Richardson, 1910Aquatic oligochaete worm
Mothocya belonae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya epimerica Costa, 1851
Mothocya girellae Bruce, 1986
Mothocya halei Bruce, 1986
Mothocya karobran Bruce, 1986
Mothocya melanosticta Schioedte & ..., 1884
Mothocya renardi Bleeker, 1857
Mothocya waminda Bruce, 1986
Nerocila aculeata Milne Edwards, 1840Dotted bristle fern
Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Nerocila bivittata Risso, 1816
Nerocila congener Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
Nerocila orbignyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1832
Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
Nerocila trichiura Miers, 1877
Norileca indica H. Milne Edw..., 1840
Olencira praegustator Latrobe, 1802
Ourozeuktes bopyroides Lesueur, 1814
Plotor indus Schioedte & ..., 1881
Renocila curtipinnata Bruce, 1991
Renocila ovata Miers, 1880Graham's twinpod
Tetragonocephalon lutianus Avdeev, 1978


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