Cymothooidea

parasitic crustacean

genus of crustaceans

The Cymothoidae are a family of isopods in the suborder Cymothoida found in both marine and freshwater environments. Cymoithoids are ectoparasites, usually of fish, and they include the bizarre "tongue-biter" (Cymothoa exigua), which attaches to a fish's tongue, causing it to atrophy, and replaces the tongue with its own body. Ceratothoa oestroides is one of the most devastating ectoparasites in Mediterranean aquaculture. Around 40 genera and more than 380 species of cymothoid are recognised. Species of the Cymothoidae are generally found in warmer waters and rarely in the cool and cold climat

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The Gnathiidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They occur in a wide range of depths, from the littoral zone to the deep sea. Gnathiidae have only five pairs of walking legs. The adults are associated with sponges and may not feed. The juvenile form is known as a 'praniza', and it is a temporary parasite of marine fish. These forms are not larvae; Gnathiidae instead become parasitic during the manca stage. Mancae of the Gnathiidae closely resemble the adult form, however they lack the final pair of pereiopods.

Cirolanidae is a family of aquatic isopods.

Cymothoa is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, containing the species listed below. 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 Cymo

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Gnathia is a genus of isopod crustaceans, containing the following species:

The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal. They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hook-like pereiopods, whereas in Cirolanidae all seven pairs of pereiopods are hooked. The family was first described by Adam White in 1850.

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Arubolana is a genus of isopods in the family Cirolanidae. The species of the genus are entirely adapted to living subterraneanly.

Antrolana lira, also known as The Madison Cave isopod, is a freshwater, cave-dwelling crustacean species. It is in the family Cirolanidae and it is the only species of its genus Antrolana. This isopod can be found in flooded limestone caves and karst aquifers throughout the Great Appalachian Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. The Madison Cave isopod has been listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 1983 and as a threatened species under the United States Endangered Species Act since 1982. The species was named after the cave in which it was first discovered, Madison Saltpet

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species of Malacostraca

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Cirolana is a genus of isopod crustaceans.

Nerocila is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, with 11 species, which have been found parasitizing Indian marine fishes.

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Speocirolana is a genus of crustacean in family Cirolanidae. They occur in Mexico from San Luis Potosi northwards and in southern Texas (United States). They are stygobionts. They measure in total length.

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Aatolana is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, first described by Niel L. Bruce in 1993. The genus name is from the Greek, Aatos (insatiable), and refers to the ability of shrimp of this genus to devour fish carcasses. The type species is Aatolana rapax.

Natatolana is a genus of crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, first described by Niel L. Bruce in 1981. The type species is Cirolana hirtipes Milne Edwards, 1840.

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Sphaerolana is a genus of isopod crustaceans in the family Cirolanidae, all of which are endemic to Mexico.

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genus of crustaceans

Elthusa is a genus of isopods in the family Cymothoidae, with 40 described species.

Protognathia is a genus of marine isopods belonging to the monotypic family Protognathiidae.

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'''Ceratothoa 'is a genus of isopod ectoparasites of teleost fish, first described by James Dwight Dana in 1852. Infection by Ceratothoa'' can cause anaemia, lesions, growth retardation, emaciation, and mortality in their fish hosts.

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Excirolana is a genus of isopods in the family Cirolanidae. There are about 15 described species in Excirolana.

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Corallanidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Isopoda.

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Rocinela is a genus of isopods in the family Aegidae, and was first described in 1818 by William Elford Leach. The type species is Rocinela danmoniensis Leach, 1818.

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