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Lernaeopodidae

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Family of crustaceans

Lernaeopodidae
Clavella adunca parasitizing whiting (Merlangius merlangus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Lernaeopodidae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Genera

50 genera (see text)

Lernaeopodidae is a family of parasitic copepods. The females are typically large and fleshy, and attach to the host permanently using a plug made of chitin called the bulla. The males cling on to the females using their antennae. They parasitize both marine and freshwater fish. Some lernaeopodids, including Clavella and Salmincola, can have negative impacts on fish in aquaculture.

Genera

The family contains the following genera:

References

  1. ^ Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. ^ Geoff Boxshall (2005). "Copepoda: copepods". In Klaus Rohde (ed.). Marine Parasitology. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 121–133. ISBN 978-0-643-09927-2.
  3. Ohtsuka, Susumu; Piasecki, Wojciech; Ismail, Norshida & Kamarudin, Ahmad Syazni (2020). "A new species of Brachiella (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with relegation of two genera Charopinopsis and Eobrachiella to junior synonyms of Brachiella". Parasite. 27: 40. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020038. PMC 7254867. PMID 32463013. Open access icon
Taxon identifiers
Lernaeopodidae


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