Eudactylinidae

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Subclass Copepoda Rank Family		Phylum Arthropoda Class Maxillopoda Order Siphonostomatoida
Similar Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae, Pennellidae, Lernanthropus

Eudactylinidae is a family of copepods most of which live as parasites on the gills of elasmobranch fishes; two genera lives on the gills of teleost fishes (Heterocladius and Jusheyus). The family Eudactylinidae contains the following genera:

Bariaka Cressey, 1966

Carnifossorius Deets & Ho, 1988

Dangoka Izawa, 2011

Eudactylina Van Beneden, 1853

Eudactylinella C. B. Wilson, 1932

Eudactylinodes C. B. Wilson, 1932

Eudactylinopsis Pillai, 1968

Heterocladius Deets & Ho, 1988

Janinecaira Benz, Smith, Bullard & Braswell, 2007

Jusheyus Deets & Benz, 1987

Nemesis Risso, 1826

Protodactylina Laubier, Maillard & Oliver, 1966

References

Eudactylinidae Wikipedia

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