Cymothoa
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Cymothoa exigua |
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| Fabricius , 1815 |
Cymothoa is a genus of fish that parasitize isopods . The species Cymothoa exigua is the first parasite that has been shown to functionally replace a destroyed body part, the tongue of the parasitized fish.
features
The cephalon of the Cymothoa species is usually clearly sunk into the first peraeon segment . The first antennas are widely spaced and do not have an enlarged first section. The anterior plates of the coxae do not reach the posterior margins of the corresponding peraeon segments, which the posterior plates do. The first three peraeopods are shorter than the following four, which have keels at their bases. The pleon is significantly narrower than the paereon and sunk into it, its segments become increasingly longer and wider towards the rear. 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
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard C. Brusca: A monograph on the Isopoda Cymothoidae (Crustacea) of the eastern Pacific . In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . tape 73 , 1981, pp. 117–199 (English, full text [PDF; 5.4 MB ]).
- ↑ Category entry at ITIS
