Ceratothoa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Cymothoidae
- Genus
- Ceratothoa
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ceratothoa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ceratothoa
Ceratothoa is a genus of isopod ectoparasites of teleost fish, first described by James Dwight Dana in 1852. Infection by Ceratothoa can cause anaemia, lesions, growth retardation, emaciation, and mortality in their fish hosts.
...Ceratothoa in languages:
- English
- Buccal Lice
- English
- Tongue Biters
- French
- Isopodes de la langue des poissons
- Japanese
- ヒゲブトウオノエ属
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