Cymothoa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cymothooidea

Familia: Cymothoidae
Genus: Cymothoa
Species (47): C. asymmetrica – C. borbonica – C. brasiliensis – C. bychowskyi – C. carangii – C. carryensis – C. catarinensis – C. cinerea – C. curta – C. dufresni – C. elegans – C. epimerica – C. eremita – C. excisa – C. exigua – C. eximia – C. frontalis – C. gadorum – C. gerris – C. gibbosa – C. globosa – C. guadeloupensis – C. hermani – C. ianuarii – C. ichtiola – C. indica – C. liannae – C. limbata – C. marginata – C. nigropunctata – C. oestrum – C. paradoxa – C. parupenei – C. plebeia – C. propria – C. pulchrum – C. recifea – C. recta – C. rhina – C. rotunda – C. scopulorum – C. selari – C. slusarskii – C. sodwana – C. spinipalpa – C. truncata – C. vicina
Nomina dubia (3): C. contracta – C. laticauda – C. rotundifrons

[source: WoRMS, plus (1) C. sodwana
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Name

Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793
Vernacular names
日本語: ウオノエ属
Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae, viii + 519 pp. BHL. Gallica. Reference page. , page: 503.

References

Hadfield, K.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Smit, N.J. 2013: Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the southwestern Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa. Zootaxa 3640(2): 152–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.2 Reference page.
Martin, M.B., Bruce, N.L. & Nowak, B.F. 2016. Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 4119(1): 1–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4119.1.1. Reference page.

Cymothoa is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, containing the species listed below.[1] Not all Cymothoa species are considered parasitic. Some climb onto fish in an act known as phoresy.

Cymothoa asymmetrica Pillai, 1954
Cymothoa borbonica Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa brasiliensis Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carangii Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa catarinensis Thatcher, Loyola e Silva, Jost & Souza-Conceiçao, 2003
Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa eremita (Brunnich, 1783)
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833
Cymothoa exigua Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa eximia Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Cymothoa gadorum Brocchi, 1875
Cymothoa gerris Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa globosa Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa guadeloupensis Fabricius, 1793
Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011
Cymothoa ianuarii Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa ichtiola (Brünnich, 1764)
Cymothoa indica Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa liannae Sartor & Pires, 1988
Cymothoa limbata Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa marginata Bleeker, 1857
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816
Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa plebeia Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa pulchrum Lanchester, 1902
Cymothoa recifea Thatcher & Fonseca, 2005
Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
Cymothoa rhina Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa rotunda Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
Cymothoa scopulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978
Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
Cymothoa spinipalpa Thatcher, de Arujo, de Lima & Chellapa, 2007
Cymothoa truncata Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa vicina Hale, 1926

References

Marilyn Schotte (2012). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 6, 2012.