| Cymothoa | |
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| Cymothoa exigua | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cymothoidae |
| Genus: | Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787 |
Cymothoa is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, containing the species listed below. 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.
External links
Data related to Cymothoa at Wikispecies
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