Siphonostomatoida

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Siphonostomatoida
Lernaeocera branchialis
Lernaeocera branchialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Thorell, 1859
Families

There are 45 families:

  • Artotrogidae
  • Ascomyzontidae
  • Asterocheridae
  • Brychiopontiidae
  • Caligidae
  • Calverocheridae
  • Calvocheridae
  • Cancerillidae
  • Catlaphilidae
  • Cecropidae
  • Choniostomatidae
  • Dichelesthiidae
  • Dinopontiidae
  • Dirivultidae
  • Dissonidae
  • Dyspontiidae
  • Entomolepidae
  • Eudactylinidae
  • Euryphoridae
  • Hatschekiidae
  • Herpyllobiidae
  • Hyponeoidae
  • Kroyeriidae
  • Lernaeoceridae
  • Lernaeopodidae
  • Lernanthropidae
  • Megapontiidae
  • Micropontiidae
  • Myzopontiidae
  • Nanaspididae
  • Naobranchiidae
  • Nicothoidae
  • Pandaridae
  • Pennellidae
  • Pontoeciellidae
  • Pseudocycnidae
  • Rataniidae
  • Saccopsidae
  • Sphyriidae
  • Spongiocnizontidae
  • Stellicomitidae
  • Tanypleuridae
  • Trebiidae
  • Ventriculinidae
  • Xenocoelomatidae

Siphonostomatoida are copepods of the order of the subclass Maxillopoda, inside the subphylum Crustacea.

The eye maggot of sprat Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806), a parasitic copepod on its host sprat (Sprattus sprattus) from Southern North Sea
The eye maggot of sprat Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806), a parasitic copepod on its host sprat (Sprattus sprattus) from Southern North Sea


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