Eudactylinidae
Various species of Eudactylina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Eudactylinidae
C. B. Wilson, 1932

Eudactylinidae is a family of copepods,[1] most of which live as parasites on the gills of elasmobranch fishes; two genera lives on the gills of teleost fishes (Heterocladius and Jusheyus).[2]

Genera

The family Eudactylinidae contains the following genera:[1]

  • Bariaka Cressey, 1966
  • Carnifossorius Deets & Ho, 1988
  • Dangoka Izawa, 2011
  • Eudactylina Van Beneden, 1853
  • Eudactylinella C. B. Wilson, 1932
  • Eudactylinodes C. B. Wilson, 1932
  • Eudactylinopsis Pillai, 1968
  • Heterocladius Deets & Ho, 1988
  • Janinecaira Benz, Smith, Bullard & Braswell, 2007
  • Jusheyus Deets & Benz, 1987
  • Nemesis Risso, 1826
  • Protodactylina Laubier, Maillard & Oliver, 1966

References

  1. 1 2 "Eudactylinidae Wilson C.B., 1932". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Deets, Gregory B. & Ju-shey Ho (1988). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Eudactylinidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida), with descriptions of two new genera". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (2): 317–339.


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