Chitonophilidae

Chitonophilidae
Chitonophilidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Chitonophilidae
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991

Chitonophilidae is a family of parasitic copepods, containing the following genera:[1]

  • Chitonophilus Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
  • Cocculinika Jones & Marshall, 1986
  • Cookoides Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994
  • Ischnochitonika Franz & Bullock, 1990
  • Lepetellicola Huys, Lopez-Gonzalez, Roldan & Luque, 2002
  • Leptochitonicola Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
  • Leptochitonoides Avdeev & Sirenko, 2005
  • Nucellicola Lamb, Boxshall, Mill & Grahame, 1996
  • Tesonesma Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994

References

  1. ^ Geoff Boxshall (2010). "Chitonophilidae". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345995. Retrieved October 26, 2010.