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Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 
AphiaID: 118278

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Cymothoida (Suborder) > Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Cymothooidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Gnathiidea (Suborder replaced by family of Cymothoida)
Praniza
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]

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 Genus Afrignathia Hadfield & Smit, 2008
  » Species Afrignathia multicavea Hadfield & Smit, 2008
Genus Bathygnathia Dollfus, 1901
  » Species Bathygnathia adlerzia Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Bathygnathia affinis Birstein, 1963
» Species Bathygnathia bathybia (Beddard, 1886)
» Species Bathygnathia cardiocondyla Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Bathygnathia curvirostris Richardson, 1908
» Species Bathygnathia depaolorosae George, 2003
» Species Bathygnathia japonica Shimomura, Ohta & Tanaka, 2008
» Species Bathygnathia magnifica Moreira, 1977
» Species Bathygnathia monodi Cals, 1974
» Species Bathygnathia oedipus (Stebbing, 1913)
» Species Bathygnathia opisthopsis Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Bathygnathia porca Kensley, 1980
» Species Bathygnathia segonzaci (Cals, 1982)
» Species Bathygnathia tapinoma Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Bathygnathia vollenhovia Cohen & Poore, 1994
Genus Bythognathia Camp, 1988
  » Species Bythognathia yucatanensis Camp, 1988
Genus Caecognathia Dollfus, 1901
  » Species Caecognathia abyssorum (Sars G.O., 1872)
» Species Caecognathia agwillisi (Seed, 1979)
» Species Caecognathia akaroensis (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia albescenoides (Menzies, 1962)
» Species Caecognathia amakusaensis (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Caecognathia andamanensis Svavarsson, 2002
» Species Caecognathia antarctica (Studer, 1884)
» Species Caecognathia bicolor (Hansen, 1916)
» Species Caecognathia branchyponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia caeca (Richardson, 1911)
» Species Caecognathia calva (Vanhoeffen, 1914)
» Species Caecognathia consobrina (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia coralliophila (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia crenulatifrons (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia diacamma Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia dolichoderus Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia elongata (Krøyer, 1849)
» Species Caecognathia floridensis (Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983)
» Species Caecognathia galzini (Mueller, 1989)
» Species Caecognathia gnamptogenys Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia hirsuta (Sars G.O., 1877)
» Species Caecognathia hodgsoni (Vanhoeffen, 1914)
» Species Caecognathia huberia Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia kikuchii (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Caecognathia leptanilla Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia nasuta (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Caecognathia nieli Svavarsson, 2006
» Species Caecognathia nipponensis (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia pacifica (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia paratrechia Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia pilosipes (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia polaris (Hodgson, 1902)
» Species Caecognathia polythrix (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia pustulosa (Hale, 1924)
» Species Caecognathia regalis (Monod, 1926)
» Species Caecognathia rhektos Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Caecognathia robusta (Sars G.O., 1879)
» Species Caecognathia saikaiensis (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Caecognathia sanctaecrucis (Schultz, 1972)
» Species Caecognathia schistifrons (Stebbing, 1912)
» Species Caecognathia serrata (Richardson, 1908)
» Species Caecognathia stygia (Sars G.O., 1877)
» Species Caecognathia trachymesopus Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Caecognathia vanhoeffeni (Menzies, 1962)
» Species Caecognathia vemae (Menzies, 1962)
» Species Caecognathia wagneri (Monod, 1925)
» Species Caecognathia samariensis (Mueller, 1988) accepted as Gnathia samariensis Mueller, 1988
Genus Elaphognathia Monod, 1926
  » Species Elaphognathia aldabrae Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Elaphognathia amboinenesis (Cals, 1978)
» Species Elaphognathia australis Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
» Species Elaphognathia bacescoi (Kussakin, 1969)
» Species Elaphognathia bifurcilla (Holdich & Harrison, 1980)
» Species Elaphognathia cornigera (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Elaphognathia discolor (Nunomura, 1988)
» Species Elaphognathia ferox (Haswell, 1884)
» Species Elaphognathia forceps (Holdich & Harrison, 1980)
» Species Elaphognathia froygattella Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Elaphognathia gladia Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Elaphognathia insolita (Stebbing, 1905)
» Species Elaphognathia korachaensis Svavarsson & Gisladottir, 2002
» Species Elaphognathia lucanoides Monod, 1926
» Species Elaphognathia monodi (Gurjanova, 1936)
» Species Elaphognathia nunomurai Ota, Tanaka, Hirose & Hirose, 2010
» Species Elaphognathia ramosa Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Elaphognathia rangifer Monod, 1926
» Species Elaphognathia rimifrons (Holdich & Harrison, 1980)
» Species Elaphognathia sugashimaensis (Nunomura, 1981)
» Species Elaphognathia wolffi (Mueller, 1989)
Genus Euneognathia Stebbing, 1893
  » Species Euneognathia gigas (Beddard, 1886)
Genus Gibbagnathia Cohen & Poore, 1994
  » Species Gibbagnathia europalothrix Cohen & Poore, 1994
Genus Gnathia Leach, 1814
  » Species Gnathia africana Barnard, 1914
» Species Gnathia albescens Hansen, 1916
» Species Gnathia alces Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia andrei Pires, 1996
» Species Gnathia antarctica (Studer, 1883)
» Species Gnathia antonbruunae Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia arabica Schotte, 1995
» Species Gnathia arctica Gurjanova, 1929
» Species Gnathia asperifrons Holdich & Harrison, 1980
» Species Gnathia aureola Stebbing, 1900
» Species Gnathia aureumaculosa Ferreiera, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2009
» Species Gnathia barnardi Smit & Basson, 2002
» Species Gnathia beethoveni Paul & Menzies, 1971
» Species Gnathia bengalensis Kumari, Hanumantha Rao & Shyamasundari, 1993
» Species Gnathia biorbis Holdich & Harrison, 1980
» Species Gnathia brachyuropus Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia brucei George, 2003
» Species Gnathia bungoensis Nunomura, 1982
» Species Gnathia calamitosa Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia calmani Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia calsi Mueller, 1993
» Species Gnathia camponotus Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia camuripenis Tanaka, 2004
» Species Gnathia capillata Nunomura, 2004
» Species Gnathia cerina (Stimpson, 1853)
» Species Gnathia clementensis Schultz, 1966
» Species Gnathia cooki Mueller, 1989
» Species Gnathia coralmaris Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
» Species Gnathia cornuta Holdich & Harrison, 1980
» Species Gnathia coronadoensis Schultz, 1966
» Species Gnathia cryptopais Barnard, 1925
» Species Gnathia dentata (Sars G.O., 1872)
» Species Gnathia derzhavini Gurjanova, 1933
» Species Gnathia disjuncta Barnard, 1920
» Species Gnathia epopstruma Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia eumeces Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia excavata Ota, 2012
» Species Gnathia falcipenis Holdich & Harrison, 1980
» Species Gnathia fallax Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia firingae Mueller, 1991
» Species Gnathia fragilis Schultz, 1977
» Species Gnathia glauca Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia gonzalezi Mueller, 1988
» Species Gnathia grandilaris Coetzee, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2008
» Species Gnathia grutterae Ferreira, M., Smit, N. & Davies, A., 2010
» Species Gnathia gurjanovae Golovan, 2006
» Species Gnathia halei Cals, 1973
» Species Gnathia hamletgast Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
» Species Gnathia hemingwayi Ortiz & Lalana, 1997
» Species Gnathia hirayamai Nunomura, 1992
» Species Gnathia hirsuta Schultz, 1966
» Species Gnathia illepidus (Wagner, 1869)
» Species Gnathia incana Menzies & George, 1972
» Species Gnathia indoinsularis Svavarsson & Jorundsdottir, 2004
» Species Gnathia inopinata Monod, 1925
» Species Gnathia iridomyrmex Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia johanna Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia kumejimensis Ota, 2012
» Species Gnathia lacunacapitalis Menzies & George, 1972
» Species Gnathia latidens (Beddard, 1886)
» Species Gnathia lignophila Mueller, 1993
» Species Gnathia limicola Ota, Tanaka & Hirose, 2007
» Species Gnathia luxata Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia maculosa Ota, Y. & Hirose, E., 2009
» Species Gnathia magdalenensis Mueller, 1988
» Species Gnathia malaysiensis Mueller, 1993
» Species Gnathia margaritarum Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia marionis Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
» Species Gnathia marleyi Farquharson, Smit & Sikkel, 2012
» Species Gnathia maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)
» Species Gnathia meticola Holdich & Harrison, 1980
» Species Gnathia micheli Ortiz, Winfield and Varela, 2012
» Species Gnathia mulieraria Hale, 1924
» Species Gnathia mutsuensis Nunomura, 2004
» Species Gnathia mystrium Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia nicembola Mueller, 1989
» Species Gnathia nkulu Smit & Van As, 2000
» Species Gnathia notostigma Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia nubila Ota & Hirose, 2009
» Species Gnathia odontomachus Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia oxyuraea (Lilljeborg, 1855)
» Species Gnathia panousei Daguerre de Hureaux, 1971
» Species Gnathia pantherina Smit & Basson, 2002
» Species Gnathia perimulica Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia phallonajopsis Monod, 1925
» Species Gnathia philogona Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia pilosus Hadfield, Smit & Avenant-Oldewage, 2008
» Species Gnathia piscivora Paperna & Por, 1977
» Species Gnathia productatridens Menzies & Barnard, 1959
» Species Gnathia prolasius Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia puertoricensis Menzies & Glynn, 1968
» Species Gnathia rathi Kensley, 1984
» Species Gnathia rectifrons Gurjanova, 1933
» Species Gnathia rhytidoponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia ricardoi Pires, 1996
» Species Gnathia samariensis Mueller, 1988
» Species Gnathia sanrikuensis Nunomura, 1998
» Species Gnathia scabra Ota, 2012
» Species Gnathia schmidti Gurjanova, 1933
» Species Gnathia serrula Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia serrulatifrons Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia sifae Svavarsson, 2006
» Species Gnathia somalia Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia spongicola Barnard, 1920
» Species Gnathia steveni Menzies, 1962
» Species Gnathia stigmacros Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia stoddarti Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia taprobanensis Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia teissieri Cals, 1972
» Species Gnathia teruyukiae Ota, 2011
» Species Gnathia tridens Menzies & Barnard, 1959
» Species Gnathia trilobata Schultz, 1966
» Species Gnathia trimaculata Coetzee, Smit, Grutter & Davies, 2009
» Species Gnathia triospathiona Boone, 1918
» Species Gnathia tuberculata Richardson, 1909
» Species Gnathia tuberculosa (Beddard, 1886)
» Species Gnathia ubatuba Pires, 1996
» Species Gnathia varanus Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
» Species Gnathia variobranchia Holdich & Harrison, 1980
» Species Gnathia vellosa Mueller, 1988
» Species Gnathia venusta Monod, 1925
» Species Gnathia virginalis Monod, 1926
» Species Gnathia vorax (Lucas, 1849)
» Species Gnathia wagneri Monod, 1925
» Species Gnathia wisteri Svavarsson & Bruce, 2012
» Species Gnathia zanzibarensis Kensley, Schotte & Poore, 2009
» Species Gnathia abyssorum (Sars G.O., 1872) accepted as Caecognathia abyssorum (Sars G.O., 1872)
» Species Gnathia agwillisi Seed, 1979 accepted as Caecognathia agwillisi (Seed, 1979)
» Species Gnathia akaroensis Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia akaroensis (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia amakusaensis Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia amakusaensis (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Gnathia amboinenesis Cals, 1978 accepted as Elaphognathia amboinenesis (Cals, 1978)
» Species Gnathia bacescoi Kussakin, 1969 accepted as Elaphognathia bacescoi (Kussakin, 1969)
» Species Gnathia bicolor Hansen, 1916 accepted as Caecognathia bicolor (Hansen, 1916)
» Species Gnathia bifurcilla Holdich & Harrison, 1980 accepted as Elaphognathia bifurcilla (Holdich & Harrison, 1980)
» Species Gnathia branchyponera Cohen & Poore, 1994 accepted as Caecognathia branchyponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Gnathia caeca Richardson, 1911 accepted as Caecognathia caeca (Richardson, 1911)
» Species Gnathia calva Vanhöffen, 1914 accepted as Caecognathia calva (Vanhoeffen, 1914)
» Species Gnathia consobrina Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia consobrina (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia coralliophila Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia coralliophila (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia cornigera Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Elaphognathia cornigera (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Gnathia crenulatifrons Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia crenulatifrons (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia cristatipes Stebbing, 1912 accepted as Monodgnathia cristatipes (Stebbing, 1912)
» Species Gnathia discolor Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Elaphognathia discolor (Nunomura, 1988)
» Species Gnathia elongata (Kroyer, 1846) accepted as Caecognathia elongata (Krøyer, 1849)
» Species Gnathia floridensis Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983 accepted as Caecognathia floridensis (Menzies & Kruczynski, 1983)
» Species Gnathia forceps Holdich & Harrison, 1980 accepted as Elaphognathia forceps (Holdich & Harrison, 1980)
» Species Gnathia galzini Mueller, 1989 accepted as Caecognathia galzini (Mueller, 1989)
» Species Gnathia hodgsoni Vanhöffen, 1914 accepted as Caecognathia hodgsoni (Vanhoeffen, 1914)
» Species Gnathia insolita Stebbing, 1905 accepted as Elaphognathia insolita (Stebbing, 1905)
» Species Gnathia kikuchii Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia kikuchii (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Gnathia monodi Gurjanova, 1936 accepted as Elaphognathia monodi (Gurjanova, 1936)
» Species Gnathia nasuta Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia nasuta (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Gnathia nipponensis Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia nipponensis (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia pacifica Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia pacifica (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia pilosipes Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia pilosipes (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia polaris Hodgson, 1902 accepted as Caecognathia polaris (Hodgson, 1902)
» Species Gnathia polythrix Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia polythrix (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia poteriophora Monod, 1926 accepted as Monodgnathia poteriophora (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia praniza Leach, 1814 accepted as Gnathia Leach, 1814
» Species Gnathia pustulosa Hale, 1924 accepted as Caecognathia pustulosa (Hale, 1924)
» Species Gnathia regalis Monod, 1926 accepted as Caecognathia regalis (Monod, 1926)
» Species Gnathia rimifrons Holdich & Harrison, 1980 accepted as Elaphognathia rimifrons (Holdich & Harrison, 1980)
» Species Gnathia saikaiensis Nunomura, 1992 accepted as Caecognathia saikaiensis (Nunomura, 1992)
» Species Gnathia sanctaecrucis Schultz, 1972 accepted as Caecognathia sanctaecrucis (Schultz, 1972)
» Species Gnathia schistifrons Stebbing, 1912 accepted as Caecognathia schistifrons (Stebbing, 1912)
» Species Gnathia serrata Richardson, 1908 accepted as Caecognathia serrata (Richardson, 1908)
» Species Gnathia stygia Sars, 1877 accepted as Caecognathia stygia (Sars G.O., 1877)
» Species Gnathia sugashimaensis Nunomura, 1981 accepted as Elaphognathia sugashimaensis (Nunomura, 1981)
» Species Gnathia vanhoeffeni Menzies, 1962 accepted as Caecognathia vanhoeffeni (Menzies, 1962)
» Species Gnathia vemae Menzies, 1962 accepted as Caecognathia vemae (Menzies, 1962)
» Species Gnathia wolffi Mueller, 1989 accepted as Elaphognathia wolffi (Mueller, 1989)
Genus Monodgnathia Cohen & Poore, 1994
  » Species Monodgnathia colobostruma Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Monodgnathia cristatipes (Stebbing, 1912)
» Species Monodgnathia ponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Monodgnathia poteriophora (Monod, 1926)
Genus Paragnathia Omer-Cooper & Omer-Cooper, 1916
  » Species Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864)
Genus Tenerognathia Tanaka, 2005
  » Species Tenerognathia visus Tanaka, 2005
Genus Thaumastognathia Monod, 1926
  » Species Thaumastognathia diceros Monod, 1926
» Species Thaumastognathia metaphone Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Thaumastognathia orectognathus Cohen & Poore, 1994
» Species Thaumastognathia tanseimaruae Shimomura & Tanaka, 2008
» Species Thaumastognathia wasmannia Cohen & Poore, 1994

Forma Praniza represented as Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 (alternate representation)
  » Species Praniza cerina Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Gnathia cerina (Stimpson, 1853)

Genus Anceus Risso, 1816 accepted as Gnathia Leach, 1814
  » Species Anceus albescenoides Menzies, 1962 accepted as Caecognathia albescenoides (Menzies, 1962)
» Species Anceus antarctica Studer, 1884 accepted as Caecognathia antarctica (Studer, 1884)
» Species Anceus dentata G. O. Sars, 1872 accepted as Gnathia dentata (Sars G.O., 1872)
» Species Anceus elongata Krøyer, 1847 accepted as Caecognathia elongata (Krøyer, 1849)
» Species Anceus ferox Haswell, 1884 accepted as Elaphognathia ferox (Haswell, 1884)
» Species Anceus formica Hesse, 1864 accepted as Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864)
» Species Anceus gigas Beddard, 1886 accepted as Euneognathia gigas (Beddard, 1886)
» Species Anceus hirsuta G. O. Sars, 1877 accepted as Caecognathia hirsuta (Sars G.O., 1877)
» Species Anceus illepidus Wagner, 1869 accepted as Gnathia illepidus (Wagner, 1869)
» Species Anceus latidens Beddard, 1886 accepted as Gnathia latidens (Beddard, 1886)
» Species Anceus robusta G. O. Sars, 1879 accepted as Caecognathia robusta (Sars G.O., 1879)
» Species Anceus stygia G.O.Sars, 1877 accepted as Caecognathia stygia (Sars G.O., 1877)
» Species Anceus tuberculosa Beddard, 1886 accepted as Gnathia tuberculosa (Beddard, 1886)
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Gnathiidae. 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=118278 on 2013-06-20
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