Cymothoa

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Cymothoa
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Cymothoa exigua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae
Genus: Cymothoa
Fabricius, 1787

Cymothoa is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, containing the species listed below. [1] Not all Cymothoa species are considered parasitic. Some climb onto fish in an act known as phoresy.

References

  1. Marilyn Schotte (2012). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti; G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Cymothoa Fabricius, 1787". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved October 6, 2012.