Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Order Siphonostomatoida | Subphylum Crustacea Rank Family Subclass Copepod | |
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Similar Copepod, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae, Ergasilidae, Ommatokoita | ||
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. The family contains the following genera:
References
Lernaeopodidae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA