Cardiodectes
Genus of crustaceans
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Cardiodectes is a genus of copepods in the family Pennellidae.[2] Species are parasites of fish.[1]
| Cardiodectes | |
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| A colony of Hydrichthys sarcotretis attached to parasitic copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Pennellidae |
| Genus: | Cardiodectes C. B. Wilson, 1917[1] |
| Species | |
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15 species (see text) | |
Species
Species:[2]
- Cardiodectes anchorellae Brian & Gray, 1928
- Cardiodectes asper Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2010
- Cardiodectes bellottii (Richiardi, 1882)
- Cardiodectes bellwoodi Uyeno, 2013
- Cardiodectes bertrandi Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2010
- Cardiodectes boxshalli Bellwood, 1981
- Cardiodectes cristatus Shiino, 1958
- Cardiodectes frondosus Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1937
- Cardiodectes hardenbergi Markevich, 1936
- Cardiodectes krishnai Sebastian, 1968
- Cardiodectes longicervicus Shiino, 1958
- Cardiodectes rotundicaudatus Izawa, 1970
- Cardiodectes rubosus Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
- Cardiodectes shini Uyeno, 2013
- Cardiodectes spiralis Bellwood, 1981
- Cardiodectes tofaili Lim et al., 2025 [3]
Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908) is a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii.[2][4]
