Lernaeopodidae is a family of parasitic copepods.[1][2] 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.[2] They parasitize both marine and freshwater fish. Some lernaeopodids, including Clavella and Salmincola, can have negative impacts on fish in aquaculture.[3]
| Lernaeopodidae | |
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| Clavella adunca parasitizing whiting (Merlangius merlangus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Lernaeopodidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 |
| Genera | |
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50 genera (see text) | |
Genera
editThe family contains the following genera:[1]
- Acespadia Leigh-Sharpe, 1933
- Achtheres Nordmann, 1832
- Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
- Anaclavella Heegaard, 1940
- Basanistes Nordmann, 1832
- Brachiella Cuvier, 1830
- Brianella Wilson C.B., 1915
- Brianellinae Wilson C.B., 1915
- Cauloxenus Cope, 1872
- Charopinus Krøyer, 1863
- Clavella Oken, 1815
- Clavellinae Wilson C.B., 1915
- Clavellisa Wilson C.B., 1915
- Clavellistes Shiino, 1963
- Clavellodes Wilson C.B., 1915
- Clavellomimus Kabata, 1969
- Clavellopsis Wilson C.B., 1915
- Clavellotis Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1984
- Coregonicola Markevich, 1936
- Cryptova Kabata, 1992
- Dendrapta Kabata, 1964
- Eubrachiella Wilson C.B., 1915
- Euclavellisa Heegaard, 1940
- Kabatahoia Kazachenko, 2001
- Kabatazus Özdikmen, 2008
- Lernaeopoda Blainville, 1822
- Lernaeopodina Wilson C.B., 1915
- Lernaeopodinae Wilson C.B., 1915
- Margolisius Benz, Kabata & Bullard, 2000
- Mixtio Kabata, 1986
- Naobranchia Hesse, 1863
- Nectobrachia Fraser, 1920
- Neoalbionella Özdikmen, 2008
- Nudiclavella Ho, 1975
- Ommatokoita Leigh-Sharpe, 1926
- Parabrachiella Wilson C.B., 1915
- Proclavellodes Kabata, 1967
- Pseudocharopinoides Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1987
- Pseudocharopinus Kabata, 1964
- Pseudolernaeopoda Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1986
- Pseudolernaeopodina Hogans, 1988
- Pseudomixtio Kabata, 1990
- Pseudotracheliastes Markevich, 1956
- Salmincola Wilson C.B., 1915
- Schistobrachia Kabata, 1964
- Sparidicola Kabata & Tareen, 1987
- Thysanote Krøyer, 1863
- Tracheliastes Nordmann, 1832
- Tracheliastinae Wilson C.B., 1915
- Vanbenedenia Malm, 1861
References
edit- ^ a b Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ a b Geoff Boxshall (2005). "Copepoda: copepods". In Klaus Rohde (ed.). Marine Parasitology. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 121–133. ISBN 978-0-643-09927-2.
- ^ 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. PMC 7254867. PMID 32463013.
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