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Lernaeopodidae

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Lernaeopodidae
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Lernaeopodidae

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]

References

  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.
  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. Open access icon