Biology:Nerocila

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans


Nerocila
Nerocila armata on Synodus synodus
Scientific classification e
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)

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

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. 1.0 1.1 "Nerocila Leach, 1818". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118417. 
  2. "IRMNG - Nerocila Leach, 1818". 2021-05-13. https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1206309. 
  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. PMID 23324945. 

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