Ceratothoa

Ceratothoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae
Genus: Ceratothoa
Dana, 1852
Species

26 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]
  • Codonophilus Haswell, 1881
  • Cteatessa Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
  • Meinertia Stebbing, 1893
  • Rhexana Schioedte & Meinert, 1883
  • Rhexanella Stebbing, 1911

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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Horton, Tammy (2000). "Ceratothoa steindachneri (Isopoda: Cymothoidae) new to British waters with a key to north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean Ceratothoa". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80 (6): 1041–1052. Bibcode:2000JMBUK..80.1041H. doi:10.1017/S0025315400003106. S2CID 83606126.
  3. ^ a b Horton, Tammy; Diamant, Arik; Galil, Bella (2004). "Ceratothoa steindachneri (Isopoda, Cymothoidae): An unusual record from the Mediterranean". Crustaceana. 77 (9): 1145–1148. doi:10.1163/1568540042900231.