Cymothoidae
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| Cymothoidae | |
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| Anilocra capensis on Lithognathus aureti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Family: | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 [1] |
| Genera | |
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c. 40; see text |
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Cymothoidae is a family of isopods. Several species are parasites, usually of fish. These include the bizarre "tongue-biter", Cymothoa exigua. Around forty genera are recognised [1]
- Aegathoa Dana, 1853
- Agarna Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Amblycephalon Pillai, 1954
- Anilocra Leach, 1818
- Anphira Thatcher, 1993
- Artystone Schioedte, 1866
- Asotana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Braga Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Catoessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
- Cinusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Creniola Bruce, 1987
- Cterissa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787
- Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Emetha Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
- Glossobius Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
- Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 1870
- Idusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Isonebula Taberner, 1977
- Joryma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
- Kuna Williams & Williams, 1986
- Lathraena Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Livoneca Leach, 1818
- Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857
- Mothocya Costa in Hope, 1851
- Nerocila Leach, 1818
- Norileca Bruce, 1990
- Olencira Leach, 1818
- Ourozeuktes H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
- Paracymothoa Lemos de Castro, 1955
- Philostomella Szidat & Schubart, 1960
- Pleopodias Richardson, 1910
- Plotor Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Pseudoirona Pillai, 1964
- Renocila Miers, 1880
- Rhiothra Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Riggia Szidat, 1948
- Ryukyua Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1994
- Smenispa Özdikmen, 2009 [2]
- Telotha Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 1978
[edit] References
- ^ a b Niel L. Bruce & Marilyn Schotte (2011). "Cymothoidae". In M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson. World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118274. Retrieved December 9, 2011.
- ^ Hüseyin Özdikmen (2009). "A new name, Smenispa for the preoccupied isopod genus Enispa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)" (PDF). Mun. Ent. Zool. 4 (2): 611–612. http://www.munisentzool.org/yayin/vol4/issue2/611-612.pdf.
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