Eudactylinidae
Family of crustaceans
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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]
| Eudactylinidae | |
|---|---|
| Various species of Eudactylina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Eudactylinidae C. B. Wilson, 1932 |
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