Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Cymothoidae

Genus: Ceratothoa

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32 species
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Ceratothoa angulata
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Ceratothoa argus
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Ceratothoa atherinae
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Ceratothoa banksii
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Ceratothoa capri
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Ceratothoa carinata
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Ceratothoa collaris
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Ceratothoa contracta
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Ceratothoa curvicauda
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Ceratothoa deplanata
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Ceratothoa gaudichaudii
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Ceratothoa gilberti
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Ceratothoa gobii
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Max. Length 7.4 cm TL

 
Ceratothoa guttata
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Ceratothoa huttoni
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Ceratothoa imbricata
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Ceratothoa italica
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Ceratothoa laticauda
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Ceratothoa novaezelandiae
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Ceratothoa oestroides
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Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena
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Ceratothoa parallela
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Ceratothoa parva
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Ceratothoa potassoniensis
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Max. Length 3.4 cm TL

 
Ceratothoa retusa
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Ceratothoa springbok
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Ceratothoa steindachneri
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Ceratothoa transversa
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Ceratothoa trigonocephala
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Ceratothoa trilles
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Ceratothoa usacarangis
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Ceratothoa verrucosa
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