Genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793
Type species:
Oniscus oestrum Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Kussakin, O.G. 1979. Marine and brackish-water Crustacea (Isopoda) of cold and temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere Suborder Flabellifera. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 122: 1-472 [in Russian] [289].
Excluded Taxa
CYMOTHOIDAE: Cymothoa curta Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 — Schioedte, J.C. & Meinert, F. 1884. Symbolae ad monographium Cymothoarum Crustaeorum Isopodum familiae IV. Cymothoidae Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 3 14: 221-454, pls 6-18 [228]; Martin, M.B., Bruce, N.L., Nowak, B.F. 2016. Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 4119(1): 1–72 [57]
CYMOTHOIDAE: Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884 — Schioedte, J.C. & Meinert, F. 1884. Symbolae ad monographium Cymothoarum Crustaeorum Isopodum familiae IV. Cymothoidae Trib. II. Cymothoinae. Trib. III. Livonecinae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 3 14: 221-454, pls 6-18 [236]; Martin, M.B., Bruce, N.L., Nowak, B.F. 2016. Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 4119(1): 1–72 [67]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carp., N coast, NE coast, NW coast
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Distribution References
- Trilles, J.-P. 1975. Les Cymothoidae (Isopoda, Flabellifera) des collections du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. III. Les Cymothoinae Schioedte et Meinert, 1884. Genre Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3, Zool. 318(225): 977-993
- Trilles, J.P. 1994. Les Cymothoidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) du monde. Podrome pour une faune. Studia Marina Sinica 21/22: 1-288
General References
Hale, H.M. 1926. Review of Australian isopods of the cymothoid group. Pt II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 50: 201-234, pls 26 & 27
Martin, M.B., Bruce, N.L., Nowak, B.F. 2016. Review of the fish-parasitic genus Cymothoa Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) from Australia. Zootaxa 4119(1): 1–72
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | PERACARIDA Calman, 1904 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV) |
| 30-Aug-2016 | CYMOTHOIDAE Leach, 1814 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | ISOPODA Latreille, 1817 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Aug-2022 | CYMOTHOIDAE Leach, 1814 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 24-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED |