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Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

118274  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118274)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Cymothoida (Suborder)
  11. Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
  12. Cymothoidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (type by original designation)
Aegathoinae Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (name formed from incorrect...)  
name formed from incorrect spelling of type genus
Pterisopodidae Boone, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Aegathoa Dana, 1853
  2. Genus Agarna Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  3. Genus Amblycephalon Pillai, 1954
  4. Genus Anilocra Leach, 1818
  5. Genus Bambalocra Bruce, Welicky, Hadfield & Smit, 2019
  6. Genus Brucethoa Aneesh, Hadfield, Smit & Kumar, 2020
  7. Genus Catoessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  8. Genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
  9. Genus Cinusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  10. Genus Creniola Bruce, 1987
  11. Genus Cterissa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  12. Genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793
  13. Genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  14. Genus Emetha Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
  15. Genus Glossobius Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
  16. Genus Glyptothoa Helna, Aneesh, Kumar & Ohtsuka, 2023
  17. Genus Ichthyoxenos Herklots, 1870
  18. Genus Idusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  19. Genus Joryma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
  20. Genus Kuna Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1986
  21. Genus Lathraena Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  22. Genus Livoneca Leach, 1818
  23. Genus Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857
  24. Genus Mothocya A. Costa in Hope, 1851
  25. Genus Nerocila Leach, 1818
  26. Genus Norileca Bruce, 1990
  27. Genus Olencira Leach, 1818
  28. Genus Ourozeuktes H. Milne Edwards, 1840
  29. Genus Pleopodias Richardson, 1910
  30. Genus Plotor Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  31. Genus Pseudirona Pillai, 1964
  32. Genus Renocila Miers, 1880
  33. Genus Rhiothra Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  34. Genus Ryukyua Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1994
  35. Genus Sandythoa Aneesh, Bruce, Helna & Biju Kumar, 2024
  36. Genus Smenispa Özdikmen, 2009
  37. Genus Telotha Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
  38. Genus Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 1978
  39. Genus Aegathoa Dana, 1852 accepted as Aegathoa Dana, 1853 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included available species)
  40. Subfamily Aegathoinae Dana, 1853 accepted as Cymothoidae Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Genus Anilacra Leach, 1818 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  42. Genus Badroulboudour Leigh-Sharpe, 1937 accepted as Asotana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Genus Canolira Leach, 1818 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Genus Codonophilus Haswell, 1881 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  45. Genus Colombia [non Rang, 1835] accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Name is a genus of mollusc; used in an isopod combination in ERMS in error.)
  46. Genus Cteatessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  47. Genus Cuna Williams & Williams, 1985 accepted as Kuna Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1986 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cuna Hedley, 1902 [Mollusca]])
  48. Genus Emphylia Koelbel, 1879 accepted as Nerocila Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Genus Enispa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Smenispa Özdikmen, 2009 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Enispa Walker, 1866 [Insecta])
  50. Genus Epichthys Herklots, 1870 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Genus Ichthyophilus Latreille, 1829 accepted as Nerocila Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included species)
  52. Genus Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 1870 accepted as Ichthyoxenos Herklots, 1870 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  53. Genus Indusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Idusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  54. Genus Irona Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Mothocya A. Costa in Hope, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also junior homonym of Irona Mabille, 1883 [Gastropoda])
  55. Genus Lironeca Leach, 1818 accepted as Livoneca Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  56. Genus Livonectus Gaillat Airoldi, 1940 accepted as Livoneca Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Genus Meinertia Stebbing, 1893 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Genus Nebula Taberner, 1977 accepted as Isonebula Taberner, 1979 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Nebula Bruand, 1846 [Lepidoptera])
  59. Subfamily Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852 accepted as Cymothoidae Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, name formed from incorrect spelling of type genus)
  60. Genus Rhexana Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 accepted as Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonyn of Rhexana Sörensen, 1879 [Opiliones])
  61. Genus Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Genus Rosca Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Renocila Miers, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  63. Genus Saophra Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 accepted as Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  64. Genus Urozeuctes H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Ourozeuktes H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details] OpenAccess publication
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. Cymothoidae Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118274 on 2025-04-18
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2008-01-31 17:05:46Z
changed
Haskins, Tina
2008-05-22 03:03:42Z
changed
Bruce, Niel L.
2017-06-05 11:55:17Z
changed
Hadfield, Kerry A.
2022-11-30 21:40:13Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2024-03-01 14:51:29Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2024-03-04 13:33:16Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2025-01-31 02:33:16Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.
2025-01-31 21:55:22Z
changed
Poore, Gary C.B.

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Nomenclature

original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pterisopodidae Boone, 1918) Boone, P.L. (1919). Description of ten new isopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 591-604., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724442 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Aegathoinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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