Traits taxon details
Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783)
256753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:256753)
accepted
Species
Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Brünnich, M. T. (1783). Spicilegia Zoologica e Museis Naturae Curiosorum in itineribus apud exteros reportata. [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256753 on 2025-03-12
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cymothoa eremita (Brünnich, 1783). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=256753 on 2025-03-12
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original description
(of Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959) Bal, D. V. and Joshi, U. N. (1959) Some new isopod parasites on fishes. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 56 (3): 1- 569. [details]
original description (of Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1884). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. IV. Cymothoidae. Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 14: 221-454, pls. 6-18. [details]
original description (of ) Brünnich, M. T. (1783). Spicilegia Zoologica e Museis Naturae Curiosorum in itineribus apud exteros reportata. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Smit, N. J. (2013). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <i>Cymothoa</i> Fabricius, 1783 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the south-western Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3640: 152-176.
note: redescription [details]
source of synonymy Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2016). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <em>Cymothoa</em> Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4119(1): 1-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4119.1.1 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1884). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. IV. Cymothoidae. Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 14: 221-454, pls. 6-18. [details]
original description (of ) Brünnich, M. T. (1783). Spicilegia Zoologica e Museis Naturae Curiosorum in itineribus apud exteros reportata. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Smit, N. J. (2013). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <i>Cymothoa</i> Fabricius, 1783 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae, Crustacea) from the south-western Indian Ocean, including a new species from South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3640: 152-176.
note: redescription [details]
source of synonymy Martin, M. B.; Bruce, N. L.; Nowak, B. F. (2016). Review of the fish-parasitic genus <em>Cymothoa</em> Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4119(1): 1-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4119.1.1 [details] Available for editors





To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymothoa eremita)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymothoa eremita)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS