MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

WoRMS taxon details

Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

AphiaID

118274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118274)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (type by original designation)

Parent

Cymothooidea Leach, 1814

Original name

Cymothoidae Leach, 1814

Synonymised names

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

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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)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. 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]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Cymothoidae Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118274 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2007-11-27 17:31:00Z

checked

Schotte, Marilyn

2008-01-31 17:05:46Z

changed

Haskins, Tina

2008-05-22 03:03:42Z

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Bruce, Niel L.

2017-06-05 11:55:17Z

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Hadfield, Kerry A.

2022-11-30 21:40:13Z

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Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-03-01 14:51:29Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2024-03-04 13:33:16Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. 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]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]

original description (of Pterisopodidae Boone, 1918) Boone, P.L. (1919). Description of ten new isopods. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 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. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 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. 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. 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, 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors