WoRMS taxon details
Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783)
256753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256753)
accepted
Species
Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa edwardsii Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa krishnai Jayadev Babu & Sanjeeva Raj, 1984 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa Mathieui Leach, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa Mathoei Leach, 1818 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of Matthieui by H,...)
misspelling of Matthieui by H, Milne Edwards, 1840 and others
Cymothoa stromatei Bleeker, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oniscus eremita Brünnich, 1783 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Oniscus eremita Brünnich, 1783) Brünnich, M. T. (1783). Spicilegia Zoologica e Museis Naturae Curiosorum in itineribus apud exteros reportata. [details]
Note India
type locality India [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256753 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959) Bal, D. V. and Joshi, U. N. (1959) Some new isopod parasites on fishes. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 1- 569. [details]
original description (of Oniscus eremita Brünnich, 1783) Brünnich, M. T. (1783). Spicilegia Zoologica e Museis Naturae Curiosorum in itineribus apud exteros reportata. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa edwardsii Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Recherches sur les Crustacés de l'Inde Archipélagique. <em>Verhandelingen der Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandisch Indië.</em> 2(5): 1-40, pls. 1, 2. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa stromatei Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Recherches sur les Crustacés de l'Inde Archipélagique. <em>Verhandelingen der Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandisch Indië.</em> 2(5): 1-40, pls. 1, 2. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa krishnai Jayadev Babu & Sanjeeva Raj, 1984) Jayadev Babu S.; Sanjeeva Raj P. J. (1984). Isopod parasites of fish of Pulicat Lake. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal Aquaculture Held at Cochin from January 12 to 18, 1980. Part 3: FInfish Culture.</em> Pp. 818-823. Cochin: Marine Biological Society of India. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cymothoa Mathieui Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1884). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. IV. Cymothoidae. Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 14: 221-454, pls. 6-18. [details]
original description (of Oniscus eremita Brünnich, 1783) Brünnich, M. T. (1783). Spicilegia Zoologica e Museis Naturae Curiosorum in itineribus apud exteros reportata. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa edwardsii Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Recherches sur les Crustacés de l'Inde Archipélagique. <em>Verhandelingen der Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandisch Indië.</em> 2(5): 1-40, pls. 1, 2. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa stromatei Bleeker, 1857) Bleeker, P. (1857). Recherches sur les Crustacés de l'Inde Archipélagique. <em>Verhandelingen der Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandisch Indië.</em> 2(5): 1-40, pls. 1, 2. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa krishnai Jayadev Babu & Sanjeeva Raj, 1984) Jayadev Babu S.; Sanjeeva Raj P. J. (1984). Isopod parasites of fish of Pulicat Lake. <em>Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal Aquaculture Held at Cochin from January 12 to 18, 1980. Part 3: FInfish Culture.</em> Pp. 818-823. Cochin: Marine Biological Society of India. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cymothoa Mathieui Leach, 1818) Leach, W. E. (1818). Cymothoadées, Cymothoadae. <em>In: F. Cuvier (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans Lequel on Traite Methodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature, Consideres Soit en Eux-memes, d'apres l'Etat Actuel de nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l'Utilite qu'en Peuvent Retirer la Medecine, l'Agriculture, le Commerce et les Artes.</em> 12: 338-354., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23002019
page(s): 353 [details]
original description (of Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1884). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. IV. Cymothoidae. Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 14: 221-454, pls. 6-18. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Smit, N. J. (2013). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <i>Cymothoa</i> Fabricius, 1783 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the south-western Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3640: 152-176.
note: redescription [details]
source of synonymy Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2016). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <em>Cymothoa</em> Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4119(1): 1-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4119.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: redescription [details]
source of synonymy Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2016). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <em>Cymothoa</em> Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4119(1): 1-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4119.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality India [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウオノエ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymothoa eremita)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Oniscus eremita Brünnich, 1783)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymothoa eremita)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Oniscus eremita Brünnich, 1783)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
