Cymothoa is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, containing the species listed below.[1] Not all Cymothoa species are considered parasitic. Some climb onto fish in an act known as phoresy.
Cymothoa asymmetrica Pillai, 1954
Cymothoa borbonica Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa brasiliensis Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carangii Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa catarinensis Thatcher, Loyola e Silva, Jost & Souza-Conceiçao, 2003
Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959
Cymothoa curta Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885
Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa eremita (Brunnich, 1783)
Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833
Cymothoa exigua Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa eximia Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Cymothoa gadorum Brocchi, 1875
Cymothoa gerris Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
Cymothoa globosa Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa guadeloupensis Fabricius, 1793
Cymothoa hermani Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2011
Cymothoa ianuarii Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa ichtiola (Brünnich, 1764)
Cymothoa indica Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa liannae Sartor & Pires, 1988
Cymothoa limbata Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa marginata Bleeker, 1857
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816
Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa plebeia Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa pulchrum Lanchester, 1902
Cymothoa recifea Thatcher & Fonseca, 2005
Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
Cymothoa rhina Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa rotunda Avdeev, 1979
Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
Cymothoa scopulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa selari Avdeev, 1978
Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
Cymothoa spinipalpa Thatcher, de Arujo, de Lima & Chellapa, 2007
Cymothoa truncata Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa vicina Hale, 1926
^Marilyn Schotte (2012). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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