Ceratothoa

Ceratothoa is a genus of isopod ectoparasites of teleost fish,[1][2] first described by Dana in 1852. Infection by Ceratothoa can cause anaemia, lesions, growth retardation, emaciation, and mortality in their fish hosts.[2]

Ceratothoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Mandibulata
Class:
Crustacea
Subclass:
Malacostraca
Superorder:
Peracanida
Order:
Isopoda
Suborder:
Flabellifera
Family:
Cymothoidae
Genus:
Ceratothoa

Ceratothoa is considered to be the senior synonym of both Meinertia and Codonophilus.[3]

Currently, at least 29 species in this genus have been described.[4] These include:

  • Ceratothoa africanae Hadfield, 2014 [5]
  • Ceratothoa angulata (Richardson, 1910)[6]
  • Ceratothoa capri (Trilles, 1964)[1][6]
  • Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869)[4][6]
  • Ceratothoa collaris Schioedte & Meinert, 1883[1][6]
  • Ceratothoa deplanata (Bovallius, 1885)[3]
  • Ceratothoa exigua Schioedte & Meinert, 1884[3]
  • Ceratothoa famosa Hadfield, 2014[5]
  • Ceratothoa gaudichaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1840) (previously known as Ceratothoa rapax Heller, 1865)[3]
  • Ceratothoa gilberti (Richardson, 1910)[3][6]
  • Ceratothoa gobii Schioedte & Meinert, 1883[6]
  • Ceratothoa guttata (Richardson, 1910)[6]
  • Ceratothoa imbricata (Fabricius, 1775)[5]
  • Ceratothoa italica Schioedte & Meinert, 1883[1][6]
  • Ceratothoa laticauda Milne-Edwards 1840
  • Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826) [1][6]
  • Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena (Koelbel, 1878) [1][4]
  • Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) [1]
  • Ceratothoa retusa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883) [5]
  • Ceratothoa steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898[1]
  • Ceratothoa transversa (Richardson, 1900)[3]
  • Ceratothoa trigonocephala(Leach, 1818)[5]
  • Ceratothoa verrucosa (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)[6]


References
  1. 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. doi:10.1017/S0025315400003106.
  2. 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.
  3. Brusca, Richard C. (1981). "A monograph on the Isopoda Cymothoidae (Crustacea) of the eastern Pacific". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 73 (2): 117–199. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01592.x.
  4. Martin, Melissa B.; Bruce, Niel L.; Nowak, Barbara F. (2013). "Redescription of Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) and Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena Koelbel, 1878 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), buccal-attaching fish parasites new to Australia". Zootaxa. 3683 (4): 395–410. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.4. PMID 25250460.
  5. Hadfield, Kerry; Bruce, Niel; Smit, Nico (2014). "Review of the fish parasitic genus Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from South Africa, including the description of two new species". ZooKeys (400): 1–42. doi:10.3897/zookeys.400.6878. PMID 24843254. S2CID 6067384.
  6. Hadfield, Kerry A.; Bruce, Niel L.; Smit, Nico J. (2016). "Redescription of poorly known species of Ceratothoa Dana, 1852 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae), based on original type material". ZooKeys (592): 39–91. doi:10.3897/zookeys.592.8098. PMC 4926636. PMID 27408544.
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