WoRMS taxon details
Cymothoidae Leach, 1814
118274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118274)
accepted
Family
Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (type by original designation)
Aegathoinae Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (name formed from incorrect...)
name formed from incorrect spelling of type genus
Pterisopodidae Boone, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Aegathoa Dana, 1853
- Genus Agarna Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Amblycephalon Pillai, 1954
- Genus Anilocra Leach, 1818
- Genus Bambalocra Bruce, Welicky, Hadfield & Smit, 2019
- Genus Brucethoa Aneesh, Hadfield, Smit & Kumar, 2020
- Genus Catoessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852
- Genus Cinusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Creniola Bruce, 1987
- Genus Cterissa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793
- Genus Elthusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Emetha Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
- Genus Glossobius Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
- Genus Glyptothoa Helna, Aneesh, Kumar & Ohtsuka, 2023
- Genus Ichthyoxenos Herklots, 1870
- Genus Idusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Joryma Bowman & Tareen, 1983
- Genus Kuna Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1986
- Genus Lathraena Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Genus Livoneca Leach, 1818
- Genus Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Mothocya A. Costa in Hope, 1851
- Genus Nerocila Leach, 1818
- Genus Norileca Bruce, 1990
- Genus Olencira Leach, 1818
- Genus Ourozeuktes H. Milne Edwards, 1840
- Genus Pleopodias Richardson, 1910
- Genus Plotor Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
- Genus Pseudirona Pillai, 1964
- Genus Renocila Miers, 1880
- Genus Rhiothra Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Ryukyua Williams & Bunkley-Williams, 1994
- Genus Sandythoa Aneesh, Bruce, Helna & Biju Kumar, 2024
- Genus Smenispa Özdikmen, 2009
- Genus Telotha Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Genus Tetragonocephalon Avdeev, 1978
- Subfamily Aegathoinae Dana, 1853 accepted as Cymothoidae Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Anilacra Leach, 1818 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Genus Badroulboudour Leigh-Sharpe, 1937 accepted as Asotana Schioedte & Meinert, 1881 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Canolira Leach, 1818 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Codonophilus Haswell, 1881 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Colombia [non Rang, 1835] accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Name is a genus of mollusc; used in an isopod combination in ERMS in error.)
- Genus Cteatessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cuna Williams & Williams, 1985 accepted as Kuna Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1986 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cuna Hedley, 1902 [Mollusca]])
- Genus Emphylia Koelbel, 1879 accepted as Nerocila Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Enispa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Smenispa Özdikmen, 2009 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Enispa Walker, 1866 [Insecta])
- Genus Epichthys Herklots, 1870 accepted as Anilocra Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ichthyophilus Latreille, 1829 accepted as Nerocila Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included species)
- Genus Ichthyoxenus Herklots, 1870 accepted as Ichthyoxenos Herklots, 1870 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Indusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Idusa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Irona Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Mothocya A. Costa in Hope, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lironeca Leach, 1818 accepted as Livoneca Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Genus Livonectus Gaillat Airoldi, 1940 accepted as Livoneca Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Meinertia Stebbing, 1893 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Nebula Taberner, 1977 accepted as Isonebula Taberner, 1979 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Nebula Bruand, 1846 [Lepidoptera])
- Subfamily Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852 accepted as Cymothoidae Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, name formed from incorrect spelling of type genus)
- Genus Rhexana Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 accepted as Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonyn of Rhexana Sörensen, 1879 [Opiliones])
- Genus Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911 accepted as Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Rosca Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 accepted as Renocila Miers, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Saophra Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 accepted as Lobothorax Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Urozeuctes H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Ourozeuktes H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>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].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cymothoidae Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118274 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>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].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640
page(s): 433 [details]
original description (of Pterisopodidae Boone, 1918) Boone, P.L. (1919). Description of ten new isopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 591-604., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724442 [details]
original description (of Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details]
original description (of Aegathoinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 433 [details]
original description (of Pterisopodidae Boone, 1918) Boone, P.L. (1919). Description of ten new isopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 54: 591-604., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15724442 [details]
original description (of Orozeuktinae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details]
original description (of Aegathoinae Dana, 1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors
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Authority Leach, 1814 [details]
