''Cymothoa'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
parasitic isopod
Isopoda is an Order (biology), order of crustaceans. Members of this group are called isopods and include both Aquatic animal, aquatic species and Terrestrial animal, terrestrial species such as woodlice. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons ...
crustaceans, containing the species listed below.
Not all ''Cymothoa'' species are considered parasitic. Some climb onto fish in an act known as
phoresy.
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Cymothoa asymmetrica''
Pillai, 1954
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Cymothoa borbonica''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa brasiliensis''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa bychowskyi''
Avdeev, 1979
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Cymothoa carangii''
Avdeev, 1979
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Cymothoa carryensis''
Gourret, 1892
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Cymothoa catarinensis''
Thatcher, Loyola e Silva, Jost & Souza-Conceiçao, 2003
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Cymothoa cinerea''
Bal & Joshi, 1959
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Cymothoa curta''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa dufresni''
Leach, 1818
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Cymothoa elegans''
Bovallius, 1885
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Cymothoa epimerica''
Avdeev, 1979
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Cymothoa eremita''
(Brunnich, 1783)
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Cymothoa excisa''
Perty, 1833
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Cymothoa exigua''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa eximia''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa frontalis''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
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Cymothoa gadorum''
Brocchi, 1875
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Cymothoa gerris''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa gibbosa''
Gourret, 1892
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Cymothoa globosa''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa guadeloupensis''
Fabricius, 1793
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Cymothoa hermani''
Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011
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Cymothoa ianuarii''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa ichtiola''
(Brünnich, 1764)
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Cymothoa indica''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa liannae''
Sartor & Pires, 1988
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Cymothoa limbata''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa marginata''
Bleeker, 1857
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Cymothoa nigropunctata''
Risso, 1816
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Cymothoa oestrum''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Cymothoa paradoxa''
Haller, 1880
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Cymothoa parupenei''
Avdeev, 1979
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Cymothoa plebeia''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa propria''
Avdeev, 1979
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Cymothoa pulchrum''
Lanchester, 1902
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Cymothoa recifea''
Thatcher & Fonseca, 2005
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Cymothoa recta''
Dana, 1853
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Cymothoa rhina''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa rotunda''
Avdeev, 1979
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Cymothoa rotundifrons''
Haller, 1880
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Cymothoa scopulorum''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Cymothoa selari''
Avdeev, 1978
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Cymothoa slusarskii''
Rokicki, 1986
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Cymothoa spinipalpa''
Thatcher, de Arujo, de Lima & Chellapa, 2007
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Cymothoa truncata''
Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
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Cymothoa vicina''
Hale, 1926
References
External links
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Cymothoida
Isopod genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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