Choniomyzon

Choniomyzon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Nicothoidae
Genus: Choniomyzon
Pillai, 1962

Choniomyzon is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:[1] One species, C. inflatus, is a parasite of the eggs of the slipper lobster Ibacus novemdentatus.[2]

References

  1. T. Chad Walter (2012). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, eds. "Choniomyzon Pillai, 1962". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  2. Kaori Wakabayashi; Shusaku Otake; Yuji Tanaka; Kazuya Nagasawa (2013). "Choniomyzon inflatus n. sp. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Nicothoidae) associated with Ibacus novemdentatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) from Japanese waters". Systematic Parasitology. 84 (2): 157–165. PMID 23299753. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9397-0.


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