World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Cymothooidea Leach, 1818

AphiaID

292946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292946)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Cymothoida

Original name

Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

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Family Cirolanidae Dana, 1852
Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Cymothoidae Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. 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]. :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cymothooidea Leach, 1818. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292946 on 2026-08-20

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Cymothooidea Leach, 1818. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292946 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-31 17:05:46Z

created

Haskins, Tina

2017-11-09 08:51:34Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

2019-06-02 00:23:54Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-03-01 14:51:29Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2025-01-31 02:33:16Z

changed

Poore, Gary C.B.

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original description (of Cymothoidae Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813 - 1815). Crustaceology. 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]. :383-437., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 893-923., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02032 [details] Available for editors

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