Definition of Ceratothoa. Meaning of Ceratothoa. Synonyms of Ceratothoa

- recognized: Ceratothoa africanae Hadfield, Bruce & Smit, 2014 Ceratothoa angulata (Richardson, 1910) Ceratothoa arimae (Nunomura, 2001) Ceratothoa banksii...
- Ceratothoa oestroides is a crustacean isopod, obligate ectoparasite of marine fish that dwells in the buccal cavity. It is the causative agent of various...
- isopods known to parasitize fish in this way include C. borbonica and Ceratothoa imbricata. Different cymothoid genera are adapted to specific areas of...
- Ceratothoa steindachneri is an ectoparasite known as a tongue biter. It parasitises fish by attaching to the tongue, causing atrophy. It then replaces...
- on fish. An example is the monogenean Cyclocotyla bellones, found on Ceratothoa parallela, a cymothoid isopod parasite of the sparid fish Boops boops...
- tongue, causing it to atrophy, and replaces the tongue with its own body. Ceratothoa oestroides is one of the most devastating ectoparasites in Mediterranean...
- notorious for being a hyperparasite. It dwells on the isopod parasite Ceratothoa parallela (among others of the same genus), which itself feeds on the...
- Acanthobothrium coronatum, the trypanosome Trypanosoma scyllii, the isopod Ceratothoa oxyrrhynchaena, and the copepod Lernaeopoda galei. The netted dog whelk...
- moth Onchidella steindachneri, a sea slug Abralia steindachneri, a squid Ceratothoa steindachneri, a fish parasite Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner...
- most important means by which the bacteria spreads. The parasitic isopod Ceratothoa gaudichaudii is a host for P. salmonis and may represent an important...