Bomolochidae

Bomolochidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Cyclopoida
Suborder:	Poecilostomatoida
Family:	Bomolochidae; Claus, 1875

Bomolochidae is a family of copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Most species parasitize the gills of fish, but some species live in the nostrils or on the eyes of their hosts.^[1] The family contains just over 150 species from the following genera:^[2]^[3]

Vervoort, 1969
Acantholochus Cressey, 1984
Nordmann, 1832
Cressey, 1977
Vervoort, 1965
Ho & Lin, 2006
Vervoort, 1969
Hamaticolax Ho & Lin, 2006
Vervoort, 1969
Cressey, 1982
Izawa, 2021
Ho, Do & Kasahara, 1983
Cressey, 1981
Vervoort, 1962
Shen, 1957
Izawa, 2021
Brian, 1906
Pillai, 1971
Shen, 1957
Pillai, 1967
Izawa, 1976
Izawa, 2021
Cressey & Cressey, 1980

References[]

^ Boxshall, G; Halsey, FS (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. ISBN 0903874318.
^ T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2021). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Bomolochidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ Bernot, James P.; Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2019). "Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters". PeerJ. 7: e6858. doi:10.7717/peerj.6858. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6505424. PMID 31114718.

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[1] Boxshall, G; Halsey, FS (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. ISBN 0903874318.

[2] T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2021). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Bomolochidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[BernotBoxshall2019-3] Bernot, James P.; Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2019). "Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters". PeerJ. 7: e6858. doi:10.7717/peerj.6858. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6505424. PMID 31114718.

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