Species

Cymothoa exigua (Tongue-eating louse)

Cymothoa exigua. Photo: (c) Fabio Moretzsohn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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A parasitic marine isopod also known as the tongue-eating louse

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
        Superorder: Peracarida (Amphipods, isopods, and allies)
        Order: Isopoda (Isopods)
        Suborder: Cymothoida (Predaceous and parasitic isopods)
        Superfamily: Cymothooidea (Fish-associated isopods)
        Family: Cymothoidae (Fish isopods)
        Genus: Cymothoa (Tongue lice)
        Species: Cymothoa exigua (Tongue-eating louse)

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