Cymothoa
Cymothoa is a genus of fish of parasitic isopods. The type Cymothoa exigua is the first parasite, which was shown to that he can functionally replace a destroyed part of the body, the tongue of the parasitized fish.
Features
The Cephalon Cymothoa the species is usually significantly depressed in the first Peraeonsegment. The first antennas sit far apart and do not have enlarged first section. The front plates of rear coxae not reach the edges of the respective Peraeonsegmente which the rear plates do. The first three Peraeopoden are shorter than the four which have keels at their bases. The Pleon is significantly narrower than the Paereon and sunk into this, its segments are backwards progressively longer and wider. The entire body is usually not twisted sideways.
Species
The genus includes about 40 species:
- Cymothoa asymmetrica Pillai, 1954
- Cymothoa borbonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa brasiliensis Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979
- Cymothoa Caraibica Bovallius, 1885
- Cymothoa carangii Avdeev, 1979
- Cymothoa carryensis Gourret, 1892
- Cymothoa cinerea Bal & Joshi, 1959
- Cymothoa curta Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa dufresni Leach, 1818
- Cymothoa elegans Bovallius, 1885
- Cymothoa epimerica Avdeev, 1979
- Cymothoa eremita ( Brunnich, 1783)
- Cymothoa excisa Perty, 1833
- Cymothoa exigua Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa eximia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa frontalis H. Milne -Edwards, 1840
- Cymothoa gadorum Brocchi, 1875
- Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa gibbosa Gourret, 1892
- Cymothoa globosa Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa guadeloupensis Fabricius, 1793
- Cymothoa ianuarii Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa ichtiola ( Brunnich, 1764 )
- Cymothoa indica Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa liannae Sartor & Pires, 1988
- Cymothoa limbata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa nigropunctata Risso, 1816
- Cymothoa oestrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymothoa paradoxa Haller, 1880
- Cymothoa parupenei Avdeev, 1979
- Cymothoa plebeia Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa propria Avdeev, 1979
- Cymothoa pulchrum Lanchester, 1902
- Cymothoa recta Dana, 1853
- Cymothoa Rhina Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa rotunda Avdeev, 1979
- Cymothoa rotundifrons Haller, 1880
- Cymothoa scopulorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cymothoa Selari Avdeev, 1978
- Cymothoa slusarskii Rokicki, 1986
- Cymothoa truncata Schioedte & Meinert, 1884
- Cymothoa vicina Hale, 1926