Siphonostomatoida

Siphonostomatoida
	Lernaeocera branchialis (Pennellidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Superorder:	Podoplea
Order:	Siphonostomatoida; Thorell, 1859

Siphonostomatoida is an order of copepods, containing around 75% of all the copepods that parasitise fishes.^[1] Their success has been linked to their possession of siphon-like mandibles and of a "frontal filament" to aid attachment to their hosts.^[2] Most are marine, but a few live in fresh water.^[3] There are 40 recognised families:^[4]

Archidactylinidae Izawa, 1996
Artotrogidae Brady, 1880
Asterocheridae Giesbrecht, 1899
Brychiopontiidae Humes, 1974
Caligidae Burmeister, 1835
Calverocheridae Stock, 1968
Cancerillidae Giesbrecht, 1897
Codobidae Boxshall & Ohtsuka, 2001
Coralliomyzontidae Humes & Stock, 1991
Dichelesthiidae Milne-Edwards, 1840
Dichelinidae Boxshall & Ohtsuka, 2001
Dinopontiidae Murnane, 1967
Dirivultidae Humes & Dojiri, 1980
Dissonidae Yamaguti, 1963
Ecbathyriontidae Humes, 1987
Entomolepididae Brady, 1899
Eudactylinidae C. B. Wilson, 1932
Hatschekiidae Kabata, 1979
Hyponeoidae Heegaard, 1962
Kroyeriidae Kabata, 1979
Lernaeopodidae Milne-Edwards, 1840
Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979
Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968
Micropontiidae Gooding, 1957
Nanaspididae Humes & Cressey, 1959
Nicothoidae Dana, 1852
Pandaridae Milne Edwards, 1840
Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835
Pontoeciellidae Giesbrecht, 1895
Pseudocycnidae C. B. Wilson, 1922
Pseudohatschekiidae Tang et al., 2010
Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897
Samarusidae Lee J. & I.H. Kim, 2018
Scottomyzontidae Ivanenko et al., 2001
Sphyriidae C. B. Wilson, 1919
Sponginticolidae Topsent, 1928
Spongiocnizontidae Stock & Kleeton, 1964
Stellicomitidae Humes & Cressey, 1958
Tanypleuridae Kabata, 1969
Trebiidae C. B. Wilson, 1905

References

^ Alan Gunn & Sarah Jane Pitt (2012). "Arthropod parasites". Parasitology: An Integrated Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119945086.
^ Zbigniew Kabata (1992). Copepods Parasitic on Fishes: Keys and Notes for the Identification of British Species. Synopses of the British Fauna. Vol. 47. Field Studies Council for The Linnean Society of London and The Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association. p. 12. ISBN 9781851532650.
^ Kjersti Tjensvoll (2005). Studies on the mitochondrial genome and rDNA genes from the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (PDF) (Doctor scientiarum thesis). University of Bergen.
^ WoRMS. "Siphonostomatoida". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

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[1] Alan Gunn & Sarah Jane Pitt (2012). "Arthropod parasites". Parasitology: An Integrated Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119945086.

[2] Zbigniew Kabata (1992). Copepods Parasitic on Fishes: Keys and Notes for the Identification of British Species. Synopses of the British Fauna. Vol. 47. Field Studies Council for The Linnean Society of London and The Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association. p. 12. ISBN 9781851532650.

[3] Kjersti Tjensvoll (2005). Studies on the mitochondrial genome and rDNA genes from the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (PDF) (Doctor scientiarum thesis). University of Bergen.

[4] WoRMS. "Siphonostomatoida". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

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