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Tongue Lice
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Tongue Lice

Cymothoa

Cymothoa is a genus of parasitic isopod crustaceans, containing the following species:

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Snapperchoker

speciesCymothoa excisa

Tongue-eating Louse

speciesCymothoa exigua

Jackchoker

speciesCymothoa oestrum

Cymothoa frontalis

speciesCymothoa frontalis

Cymothoa pulchrum

speciesCymothoa pulchrum

Wrinkly Tonguelouse

speciesCymothoa sodwana

Cymothoa eremita

speciesCymothoa eremita

Cymothoa hermani

speciesCymothoa hermani

Cymothoa indica

speciesCymothoa indica

Cymothoa bychowskyi

speciesCymothoa bychowskyi

Bulbous Tonguelouse

speciesCymothoa borbonica

Cymothoa epimerica

speciesCymothoa epimerica

Cymothoa selari

speciesCymothoa selari

Cymothoa recta

speciesCymothoa recta

Cymothoa elegans

speciesCymothoa elegans

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49938.