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Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 
AphiaID: 118274

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cymothooidea
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

additional source: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA., available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English fish doctors  [details]
English tongue biters  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Aegathoa Dana, 1853
Genus Agarna Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Amblycephalon Pillai, 1954
Genus Anilocra Leach, 1818
Genus Anphira Thatcher, 1993
Genus Artystone Schioedte, 1866
Genus Asotana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Genus Braga Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Genus Catoessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
Genus Cinusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Creniola Bruce, 1987
Genus Cterissa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787
Genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Emetha Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
Genus Glossobius Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
Genus Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 1870
Genus Idusa Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Isonebula Taberner, 1977
Genus Joryma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
Genus Kuna Williams & Williams, 1986
Genus Lathraena Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Genus Livoneca Leach, 1818
Genus Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857
Genus Mothocya Hope, 1851
Genus Nerocila Leach, 1818
Genus Norileca Bruce, 1990
Genus Olencira Leach, 1818
Genus Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Genus Paracymothoa Lemos de Castro, 1955
Genus Philostomella Szidat & Schubart, 1960
Genus Pleopodias Richardson, 1910
Genus Plotor Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Genus Pseudoirona Pillai, 1964
Genus Renocila Miers, 1880
Genus Rhiothra Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Riggia Szidat, 1948
Genus Ryukyua Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1994
Genus Smenispa Özdikem, 2009
Genus Telotha Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
Genus Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 1978
Genus Vanamea Thatcher, 1993

Genus Badroulboudor accepted as Asotana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
Genus Canolira Leach, 1818 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818
Genus Codonophilus accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
Genus Colombia Rang, 1835 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818
Genus Enispa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Smenispa Özdikem, 2009
Genus Epichthys accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818
Genus Ichthyophilus accepted as Nerocila Leach, 1818
Genus Indusa accepted as Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 1870
Genus Irona accepted as Mothocya Hope, 1851
Genus Lironeca White, 1847 accepted as Livoneca Leach, 1818
Genus Livonectus Airoldi, 1940 accepted as Livoneca Leach, 1818
Genus Meinertia accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
Genus Nebula accepted as Isonebula Taberner, 1977
Genus Rhexana accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
Genus Rosca accepted as Renocila Miers, 1880
Genus Saophra accepted as Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent + fossil
Feedingtype  adult: parasite [details]
Links To GenBank
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Note  Authority: Leach, 1814 [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118274
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2008-01-31 17:05:46Z  changed  Haskins, Tina
2008-05-22 03:03:42Z  changed  Bruce, Niel L.
  
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  Citation: Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2013). Cymothoidae. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118274 on 2013-05-25
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