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  4. ›Typical Crustaceans
  5. ›Malacostracans
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  8. ›Isopods
  9. ›Predaceous and Parasitic Isopods
Fish-associated Isopods
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Fish-associated Isopods

Cymothooidea

Cymothoida is a suborder of isopod crustaceans with a mostly carnivorous or parasitic lifestyle. It contains more than 2,700 described species in four superfamilies. Members of the suborder are characterised by their specialised mouthparts which include a mandible with a tooth-like process which is adapted for cutting or slicing.

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9 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Fish Isopods

familyCymothoidae

Cirolanidae

familyCirolanidae

Aegidae

familyAegidae

Fish Gnats

familyGnathiidae

Serial Fish Isopods

familyCorallanidae

Anuropidae

familyAnuropidae

Tridentellidae

familyTridentellidae

Barybrotidae

familyBarybrotidae

Protognathiidae

familyProtognathiidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343788.