Ceratothoa

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

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 capri (Trilles, 1964)[1]
  • Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869)[4]
  • Ceratothoa collaris (Schioedte & Meinert, 1883)[1]
  • Ceratothoa deplanata (Bovallius, 1885)[3]
  • Ceratothoa exigua Schioedte & Meinert, 1884[3]
  • Ceratothoa gaudichaudii (Milne-Edwards, 1840) (previously known as Ceratothoa rapax Heller, 1865)[3]
  • Ceratothoa gilberti Richardson, 1904[3]
  • Ceratothoa italica (Schioedte & Meinert)[1]
  • Ceratothoa laticauda Milne-Edwards 1840
  • Ceratothoa oestroides (Risso, 1826) [1]
  • Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena (Koelbel, 1878) [1][4]
  • Ceratothoa parallela (Otto, 1828) [1]
  • Ceratothoa steindachneri Jordan & Evermann, 1898[1]
  • Ceratothoa transversa (Richardson, 1900)[3]



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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.4.
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