Pandarus (crustacean)
Genus of crustaceans
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Pandarus is a genus of marine copepods. Species of Pandarus are parasitic to various species of sharks.[2]
| Pandarus | |
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| Pandarus bicolor print | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Pandaridae |
| Genus: | Pandarus Leach, 1816[1] |
Classification
There are fourteen recognized species,[3] including:
- Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816
- Pandarus carcharhini Ho, 1963
- Pandarus cranchii Leach, 1819
- Pandarus echinifer Dippenaar, 2024[4]
- Pandarus floridanus Cressey, 1967
- Pandarus katoi Cressey, 1967
- Pandarus niger Kirtisinghe, 1950
- Pandarus satyrus Dana, 1849-1852
- Pandarus sinuatus Say, 1818
- Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886
- Pandarus zygaenae Brady, 1883
