''Aega'' is a genus of

isopod Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...

s in the family

Aegidae The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal. They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hoo ...

, containing the following species: *'' Aega acuminata'' Hansen, 1897 *'' Aega acuticauda'' Richardson, 1910 *'' Aega affinis'' Milne Edwards, 1840 *'' Aega antarctica'' Hodgson, 1910 *'' Aega angustata'' Whitelegge, 1901 *'' Aega antennata'' Richardson, 1910 *'' Aega approximata'' Richardson, 1910 *'' Aega bicarinata'' Leach, 1818 *'' Aega chelipous'' Barnard, 1960 *'' Aega concinna'' Hale, 1940 *'' Aega crenulata'' Lutken, 1859 *'' Aega dofleini'' Thielemann, 1910 *'' Aega ecarinata'' Richardson, 1898 *'' Aega falcata'' Kensley & Chan, 2001 *'' Aega falklandica'' Kussakin, 1967 *'' Aega hamiota'' Bruce, 2004 *'' Aega hirsuta'' Schiödte & Meinert, 1879 *'' Aega komai'' Bruce, 1996 *'' Aega lecontii'' (Dana, 1853) *'' Aega leptonica'' Bruce, 1988 *'' Aega magnifica'' (Dana, 1853) *'' Aega maxima'' Hansen, 1897 *'' Aega megalops'' Norman & Stebbing, 1886 *'' Aega microphthalma'' Dana, 1853 *'' Aega monophthalma'' Johnston, 1834 *'' Aega nanhaiensis'' Yu, 2007 *'' Aega platyantennata'' Nunomura, 1993 *''

Aega psora ''Aega psora'' is a species of isopod crustacean that parasitises a number of fish species in the North Atlantic. It is a serious ectoparasite of larger species of fish, particularly when they are injured. Description ''Aega psora'' is the type ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Aega punctulata'' Miers, 1881 *'' Aega semicarinata'' Miers, 1875 *'' Aega serripes'' H. Milne Edwards, 1840 *'' Aega sheni'' Yu & Bruce, 2006 *'' Aega stevelowei'' Bruce, 2009 *'' Aega tridens'' Leach, 1815 *'' Aega truncata'' Richardson, 1910 *'' Aega urotoma'' Barnard, 1914 *'' Aega webbii'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1836) *'' Aega whanui'' Bruce, 2009

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Cymothoida Isopod genera {{isopod-stub