Family LERNAEOPODIDAE H. Milne Edwards, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lernaeopodidae H. Milne Edwards, 1840.

  Type genus:

   Lernaeopoda De Blainville, 1822.

  Secondary source:

   Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [774-780].
• Naobranchiidae Yamaguti, 1939.

  Secondary source:

   Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [851].

Introduction

Species in the family Lernaeopodidae parasitise elasmobranch, holocephalan and actinopterygian fishes. Most females in this family attach themselves to their host fish with a small, specialised chitinous structure, the bulla, which is positioned in the frontal region of the cephalothorax. The family includes 48 genera, and over 200 species.
See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 774) for more details as well as a key to the genera.

ID Keys

For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).

General References

Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.

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