''Linguatula'' is a genus of

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

s belonging to the family

Linguatulidae Linguatulidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Porocephalida. Genera There following genera are recognised in the family Linguatulidae: * ''Linguatula ''Linguatula'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Linguatul ...

. The genus has a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...

Species

There are four species recognised in the genus ''Linguatula'': *''

Linguatula arctica ''Linguatula'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the family Linguatulidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. Species There are four species recognised in the genus ''Linguatula'': *''Linguatula arctica'' *''Linguatula multiannulat ...

'' *'' Linguatula multiannulata'' *'' Linguatula recurvata'' *''

Linguatula serrata ''Linguatula serrata'' is a species of cosmopolitan zoonotic parasite, belonging to the tongueworm order Pentastomida. They are wormlike parasites of the respiratory systems of vertebrates. They live in the nasopharyngeal region of mammals. Cat ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15632358 Crustacean genera Taxa named by Josef Aloys Frölich