Nerocila

Nerocila is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans,[1][2] with 11 species, which have been found parasitizing Indian marine fishes.[3]

Nerocila
Nerocila armata on Synodus synodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae
Genus: Nerocila
Leach, 1818
Type species
Nerocila blainvillei
Leach, 1818
Species

42 species (see text)

Species

The 42 recognized species are:[1]

  • Nerocila acuminata Schiödte & Meinert, 1881
  • Nerocila armata Dana, 1853
  • Nerocila arres Bowman & Tareen, 1983
  • Nerocila barramundae Bruce, 1987
  • Nerocila benrosei Bunkley-Williams & Williams, 1999
  • Nerocila bivittata (Risso, 1816)
  • Nerocila blainvillei Leach, 1818
  • Nerocila californica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  • Nerocila congener Miers, 1880
  • Nerocila depressa Milne Edwards, 1840
  • Nerocila donghaiensis H. Yu & Li, 2002
  • Nerocila excisa Searle, 1914
  • Nerocila exocoeti Pillai, 1954
  • Nerocila falcata (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Nerocila falklandica Cunningham, 1871
  • Nerocila fluviatilis Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  • Nerocila hemirhamphusi Shyamasundari, Hanumantha Rao & Jalaj Kumari, 1990
  • Nerocila heterozota Ahmed, 1970
  • Nerocila japonica Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  • Nerocila kisra Bowman & Tareen, 1983
  • Nerocila lanceolata (Say, 1818)
  • Nerocila laticeps Bovallius, 1887
  • Nerocila livida Budde-Lund, 1908
  • Nerocila lomatia Bruce, 1987
  • Nerocila longispina Miers, 1880
  • Nerocila loveni Bovallius, 1887
  • Nerocila monodi Hale, 1940
  • Nerocila munda Harger, 1873
  • Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
  • Nerocila phaiopleura Bleeker, 1857
  • Nerocila philippensis Bovallius, 1887
  • Nerocila pigmentata Bal & Joshi, 1959
  • Nerocila priacanthusi Jalaja Kumari, Hanumantha Rao & Shyam
  • Nerocila pulicatensis Jayadev Babu & Sanjeeva Raj, 1980
  • Nerocila recurvispina Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  • Nerocila serra Schioedte & Meinert, 1881
  • Nerocila sigani Bowman & Tareen, 1983
  • Nerocila sundaica Bleeker, 1857
  • Nerocila swainsoni Leach, 1818
  • Nerocila tenuipes Dana, 1853
  • Nerocila trichiura (Miers, 1878)
  • Nerocila trivittata Bleeker, 1857

References
  1. Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2021). "Nerocila Leach, 1818". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. "IRMNG - Nerocila Leach, 1818". www.irmng.org. 2021-05-13.
  3. Trilles, Jean-Paul; Rameshkumar, Ganapathy; Ravichandran, Samuthirapandian (2013). "Nerocila species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from Indian marine fishes". Parasitology Research. 112 (3): 1273–1286. doi:10.1007/s00436-012-3263-5. PMC 3580147. PMID 23324945.


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