Cymothoidae

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Cymothoidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Flabellifera
Family: Cymothoidae
Genera

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Cymothoidae is a family of isopods. Several species are parasites, usually of fish. These include the bizarre "tongue-biter", Cymothoa exigua.

[edit] Genera

  • Aegathoa
  • Agarna
  • Amblycephalon
  • Anilocra
  • Anphira
  • Artystone
  • Asotana
  • Braga
  • Catoessa
  • Ceratothoa
  • Cinusa
  • Creniola
  • Cterissa
  • Cymothoa
  • Elthusa
  • Emetha
  • Enispa
  • Glossobius
  • Ichthyoxenus
  • Idusa
  • Irona
  • Isonebula
  • Joryma
  • Kuna
  • Lathraena
  • Livoneca
  • Livonectus
  • Lobothorax
  • Mothocya
  • Nerocila
  • Norileca
  • Olencira
  • Ourozeuktes
  • Paracymothoa
  • Philostomella
  • Pleopodias
  • Plotor
  • Pseudoirona
  • Renocila
  • Rhiothra
  • Riggia
  • Ryukyua
  • Telotha
  • Tetragonocephalon
  • Vanamea
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