Ceratothoa
Genus of parasitic marine isopods
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Ceratothoa is a genus of isopod ectoparasites of teleost fish,[2][3] first described by James Dwight Dana in 1852.[1] Infection by Ceratothoa can cause anaemia, lesions, growth retardation, emaciation, and mortality in their fish hosts.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Cymothoidae |
| Genus: | Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 |
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26 species (see text) | |
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Species
Currently, 26 valid species in this genus are recognized:[1]
- Ceratothoa africanae Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2014[4]
- Ceratothoa angulata (Richardson, 1910)
- Ceratothoa arimae (Nunomura, 2001)
- Ceratothoa banksii (Leach, 1818)
- Ceratothoa barracuda Martin, Bruce & Nowak, 2015
- Ceratothoa capri (Trilles, 1964)
- Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869)
- Ceratothoa collaris Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
- Ceratothoa famosa Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2014[4]
- Ceratothoa gilberti (Richardson, 1904)
- Ceratothoa globulus Martin, Bruce & Nowak, 2015
- Ceratothoa gobii Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
- Ceratothoa guttata (Richardson, 1910)
- Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Ceratothoa italica Schiödte & Meinert, 1883
- Ceratothoa marisrubri Trilles, Colorni & Golani, 1999
- Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826)
- Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878
- Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828)
- Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
- Ceratothoa springbok Hadfield & Smit, 2020
- Ceratothoa steindachneri Koelbel, 1879
- Ceratothoa toyamaensis (Nunomura, 1993)
- Ceratothoa trigonocephala (Leach, 1818)
- Ceratothoa usacarangis (Avdeev, 1979)
- Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)
C. carinata and C. oxyrrhynchaena were redescribed in 2013,[5] and C. angulata, C. capri, C. carinata, C. collaris, C. gilberti, C. gobii, C. guttata, C. italica, C. oestroides, and C. verrucosa in 2016.[6]
A number of taxa are species inquirendae:[1]
- Ceratothoa contracta (Miers, 1880)
- Ceratothoa deplanata Bovallius, 1885
- Ceratothoa gaudichaudii (H. Milne Edwards, 1840) (previously known as Ceratothoa rapax Heller, 1865)[7]
- Ceratothoa novaezelandiae Filhol, 1885
- Ceratothoa transversa (Richardson, 1901)
- Ceratothoa triglae Gourret, 1891
