Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Cymothoida > Superfamily Cymothooidea > Family Cymothoidae

Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cymothoa curta Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1891
Cymothoa globosa Schiödte & Meinert, 1884
Cymothoa ichtiola Bosc, 1801
Cymothoa laticauda Milne Edwards, 1840
Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816
Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa ricinoides Risso, 1816
Cymothoa scopulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986

Literature

original description	Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae. 2: i-viii + 1-519.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 315-321
additional source	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25].

Genbank

Citation

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. Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118409