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Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787
Taxonomic Serial No.: 92456

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	unknown
	Latest Record Review:	2005

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans
	Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802
	Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
	Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904 – barata da praia, pulga da praia, tatuzinho de jardim
	Order	Isopoda Latreille, 1817 – isopods, pillbugs, sowbugs, cloportes, isopodes
	Suborder	Flabellifera Sars, 1882
	Family	Cymothoidae Leach, 1814
	Genus	Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787
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	Species	Cymothoa asymmetrica Pillai, 1954
	Species	Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa brasiliensis Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979
	Species	Cymothoa caraibica Bovallius, 1885A
	Species	Cymothoa carangii Avdeev, 1979
	Species	Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
	Species	Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959
	Species	Cymothoa curta Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
	Species	Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885A
	Species	Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
	Species	Cymothoa eremita (Brunnich, 1783)
	Species	Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833
	Species	Cymothoa exigua Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa eximia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
	Species	Cymothoa gadorum Brocchi, 1875
	Species	Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
	Species	Cymothoa globosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa guadeloupensis Fabricius, 1793
	Species	Cymothoa ianuarii Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa ichtiola (Brunnich, 1764)
	Species	Cymothoa indica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa liannae Sartor & Pires, 1988
	Species	Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816
	Species	Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
	Species	Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
	Species	Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
	Species	Cymothoa pulchrum Lanchester, 1902
	Species	Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
	Species	Cymothoa rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa rotunda Avdeev, 1979
	Species	Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
	Species	Cymothoa scopulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978A
	Species	Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
	Species	Cymothoa truncata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
	Species	Cymothoa vicina Hale, 1926

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Brian Kensley & Marilyn Schotte
	Notes:	National Museum of Natural History
	Reference for:	Cymothoa

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Cymothoa

	Source:	World List of Marine, Freshwater & Terrestrial Isopoda... 2005, website (version 04-May-05)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	Compiled by Brian Kensley, Marilyn Schotte, and Steve Schilling (Oniscidea only), Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Found at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/isopod/
	Reference for:	Cymothoa

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