Lernaeopodidae

Lernaeopodidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Hexanauplia
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Siphonostomatoida
Family:	Lernaeopodidae; H. Milne-Edwards, 1840

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.^[1] The family contains the following genera:^[2]

Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
Achtheres Nordmann, 1832
Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
Heegaard, 1940
Nordmann, 1832
Cuvier, 1830 ^[3]
C. B. Wilson, 1915
Cope, 1872
Yamaguti, 1963
Krøyer, 1863
Oken, 1815
Wilson, 1915
Shiino, 1963
C. B. Wilson, 1915
Kabata, 1969
C. B. Wilson, 1915
Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1984
Markevich, 1936
Kabata, 1992
Kabata, 1964
Ho & Do, 1984
C. B. Wilson, 1915
Heegaard, 1940
Heegaard, 1947
Kazatachenko, 2001
Özdikmen, 2008
von Nordmann, 1832
C. B. Wilson, 1915
Benz, Kabata & Bullard, 2000
Kabata, 1986
Hesse, 1863
Fraser, 1920
Özdikmen, 2008
Ho, 1975
Ommatokoita Leigh-Sharpe, 1926
C. B. Wilson, 1915
Kabata, 1967
Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1987
Kabata, 1964
Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1986
Hogans, 1988
Kabata, 1990
Markevich, 1956
Salmincola C. B. Wilson, 1915
Kabata, 1964
Kabata & Tareen, 1987
Krøyer, 1863
Tracheliastes Nordmann, 1832
Malm, 1860

References[]

^ Geoff Boxshall (2005). "Copepoda: copepods". In Klaus Rohde (ed.). Marine Parasitology. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 121–133. ISBN 978-0-643-09927-2.
^ Geoff Boxshall. Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Lernaeopodidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
^ 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. ISSN 1776-1042. PMID 32463013.

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[1] Geoff Boxshall (2005). "Copepoda: copepods". In Klaus Rohde (ed.). Marine Parasitology. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 121–133. ISBN 978-0-643-09927-2.

[2] Geoff Boxshall. Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Lernaeopodidae". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2012.

[OhtsukaPiasecki2020-3] 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. ISSN 1776-1042. PMID 32463013.

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