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Ceratothoa Dana, 1852

118407  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118407)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Cymothoida (Suborder)
  11. Cymothooidea (Superfamily)
  12. Cymothoidae (Family)
  13. Ceratothoa (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cymothoa parallela Otto, 1828 accepted as Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) (type by subsequent designation)
Codonophilus Haswell, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cteatessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meinertia Stebbing, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhexana Schioedte & Meinert, 1883 · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonyn of Rhexana...)  
junior homonyn of Rhexana Sörensen, 1879 [Opiliones]
Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Ceratothoa africanae Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2014
  2. Species Ceratothoa angulata (Richardson, 1910)
  3. Species Ceratothoa arimae (Nunomura, 2001)
  4. Species Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)
  5. Species Ceratothoa barracuda Martin, Bruce & Nowak, 2015
  6. Species Ceratothoa capri (Trilles, 1964)
  7. Species Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869)
  8. Species Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
  9. Species Ceratothoa famosa Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2014
  10. Species Ceratothoa gilberti (Richardson, 1904)
  11. Species Ceratothoa globulus Martin, Bruce & Nowak, 2015
  12. Species Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
  13. Species Ceratothoa guttata (Richardson, 1910)
  14. Species Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775)
  15. Species Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
  16. Species Ceratothoa marisrubri Trilles, Colorni & Golani, 1999
  17. Species Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1827)
  18. Species Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1879
  19. Species Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)
  20. Species Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
  21. Species Ceratothoa springbok Hadfield & Smit, 2020
  22. Species Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
  23. Species Ceratothoa toyamaensis (Nunomura, 1993)
  24. Species Ceratothoa trigonocephala (Leach, 1818)
  25. Species Ceratothoa usacarangis (Avdeev, 1979)
  26. Species Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
  27. Species Ceratothoa atherinae Gourret, 1891 accepted as Mothocya epimerica A. Costa in Hope, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Species Ceratothoa brachyura (White, 1847) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  29. Species Ceratothoa curvicauda Nunomura, 2006 accepted as Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869)
  30. Species Ceratothoa directa (Otto, 1821) accepted as Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
  31. Species Ceratothoa exocoeti Cunningham, 1871 accepted as Glossobius impressus (Say, 1818)
  32. Species Ceratothoa hemiramphi (Pillai, 1954) accepted as Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
  33. Species Ceratothoa huttoni Filhol, 1885 accepted as Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Ceratothoa impressa (Say, 1818) accepted as Glossobius impressus (Say, 1818)
  35. Species Ceratothoa laticauda Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Glossobius auritus Bovallius, 1885
  36. Species Ceratothoa linearis Dana, 1853 accepted as Glossobius linearis (Dana, 1853) (basionym)
  37. Species Ceratothoa lineata Miers, 1876 accepted as Mothocya lineata (Miers, 1876)
  38. Species Ceratothoa novae zelandiae Filhol, 1885 accepted as Ceratothoa novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  39. Species Ceratothoa parva (Richardson, 1910) accepted as Elthusa parva (Richardson, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Ceratothoa poutassouiensis (Penso, 1939) accepted as Elthusa poutassouiensis (Penso, 1939)
  41. Species Ceratothoa rapax Heller, 1865 accepted as Ceratothoa gaudichaudii (H. Milne Edwards, 1840)
  42. Species Ceratothoa salparum Gourret, 1891 accepted as Emetha audouini (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Ceratothoa sargorum Gourret, 1891 accepted as Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Ceratothoa trillesi (Avdeev, 1979) accepted as Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775)
  45. Species Ceratothoa venusta (Avdeev, 1978) accepted as Ceratothoa guttata (Richardson, 1910)
  46. Species Ceratothoa argus (Haswell, 1881) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  47. Species Ceratothoa contracta (Miers, 1880) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  48. Species Ceratothoa crassa Dana, 1853 (uncertain > nomen dubium, basionym)
  49. Species Ceratothoa deplanata Bovallius, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  50. Species Ceratothoa gaudichaudii (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  51. Species Ceratothoa novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  52. Species Ceratothoa transversa (Richardson, 1901) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  53. Species Ceratothoa triglae Gourret, 1891 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
page(s): 303 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note There is no designated type species for this...  
Type species There is no designated type species for this genus. [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. Ceratothoa Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118407 on 2024-11-22
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2006-03-16 20:36:08Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2007-11-28 15:20:16Z
checked
Schotte, Marilyn
2012-02-16 03:39:06Z
changed
Bruce, Niel L.
2019-05-25 09:31:53Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2019-07-06 14:12:51Z
changed
Hadfield, Kerry A.
2023-04-30 00:47:06Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description 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
page(s): 303 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Codonophilus Haswell, 1881) Haswell, W. A. (1881). On some new Australian marine Isopoda—Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 5(4): 470-481, pls. 16-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456139 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Meinertia Stebbing, 1893) Stebbing T.R.R. (1893). A History of Crustacea. Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton & Company, New York, 466 pp.; 32 figs.; 19 pls. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rhexana Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1883). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. III. Saophridae. IV. Ceratothoinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 13: 281-378, pls. 11-16. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cteatessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) Schioedte, J. C.; Meinert, F. W. (1883). Symbolae ad monographiam cymothoarum crustaceorum isopodum familiae. III. Saophridae. IV. Ceratothoinae. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 13: 281-378, pls. 11-16. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911) Stebbing, T. R. R. (1911) Indian Isopods. Records of the Indian Museum 6 (4): 179-191. [details] 

additional source Hadfield, K. A.; Bruce, N. L.; Smit, N. J. (2016). Redescription of poorly known species of <I>Ceratothoa</I> Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material. <em>Zookeys.</em> 592: 39-61. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hadfield, K. A.; Smit, N. J. (2020). Review of the global distribution and hosts of the economically important fish parasitic isopod genus <em>Ceratothoa</em> (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), including the description of <em>Ceratothoa springbok</em> n. sp. from South Africa. <em>International Journal for Parasitology.</em> 50(10-11): 899-919., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.07.001 [details] 

redescription Bruce, N. L. and Bowman, T. E. (1989) Species of the parasitic isopod genera <i>Ceratothoa</i> and <i>Glossobius</i> (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) from the mouths of flying fishes and halfbeaks (Beloniformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 489: 1-28. [details] 
 
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Type species There is no designated type species for this genus. [details]
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