Cyclopoida

The Cyclopoida are an order of small crustaceans from the class Copepoda. Like many other copepods, members of Cyclopoida are small, planktonic animals living both in the sea and in freshwater habitats. They are capable of rapid movement. Their larval development is metamorphic, and the embryos are carried in paired or single sacs attached to first abdominal somite.

Cyclopinidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida. The family was first described in 1913 by Norwegian zoologist, Georg Ossian Sars.

Chondracanthidae is a family of parasitic copepods, usually found infecting the branchial chamber of demersal fishes. It comprises the following genera:

Bomolochidae is a family of copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Most species parasitize the gills of fish, but some species live in the nostrils or on the eyes of their hosts. The family contains just over 150 species from the following genera:

Poecilostomatoida is a suborder of copepods. Although it was previously considered a separate order.

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species of crustacean

Ergasilidae is a widespread family of copepods and comprises many species. The type genus is Ergasilus. With a few doubtful exceptions all ergasilids are parasitic on fishes.

genus of crustaceans

Sapphirinidae is a family of parasitic copepods in the order Cyclopoida.

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species of crustacean

Clausidiidae is a family of parasitic copepods in the order Cyclopoida, containing the following genera:

species of Maxillopoda

Ergasilus is a genus of copepod crustaceans occurring in both the ocean and fresh water, often called gill lice. The females are parasitic upon the gills of fishes. Being copepods, gill lice have a single median eye on their head. The second antennae are modified into prehensile pincers. Male gill lice are free-living.

Acanthochondria is a genus of copepods, containing the following species:

Cyclopinodes is a genus of marine copepods in the family Hemicyclopinidae.

Clausiidae is a family of parasitic copepods in the order Cyclopoida,

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Taeniacanthidae is a family of cyclopoid copepods in the order Cyclopoida. There are more than 20 genera and 120 described species in Taeniacanthidae.

Oncaeidae is a family of copepods, containing the following genera: Archioncaea Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 1997 Conaea Giesbrecht, 1891 Epicalymma Heron, 1977 Monothula Böttger-Schnack & Huys, 2001 Oncaea Philippi, 1843 Spinoncaea Böttger-Schnack, 2003 Triconia Böttger-Schnack, 1999

Acantholochus is a genus of parasitic copepods belonging to the family Bomolochidae. Its members can only be distinguished from the closely related genus Hamaticolax by the absence of an accessory process on the claw of the maxillipeds.

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Abergasilus amplexus is a species of parasitic copepod endemic to euryhaline habitats in New Zealand. It is the only known species in the genus Abergasilus.

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Gastrodelphyidae is a family of parasitic copepods.

Oncaea is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species. Unlike other bioluminescent copepods, Oncaea have an internal (non-secreted) bioluminescence. Oncaea contains the following species:

species of copepod

Cyclopina is a genus of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida, and the family, Cyclopinidae. The genus was first described in 1863 by zoologist, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus.

species of crustacean

Clausidium is a genus of copepods that have been found in subtopical to temperate coastal areas along the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts of South America, the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Europe, the Atlantic coast of Africa, and the coast of India.

species of crustacean

species of crustacean

Philichthyidae is a family of copepods, containing the following genera: Colobomatoides Essafi & Raibaut, 1980 Colobomatus Hesse, 1873 Ichthyotaces Shiino, 1932 Leposphilus Hesse, 1866 Lernaeascus Claus, 1886 Philichthys Steenstrup, 1862 Procolobomatus Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1994 Sarcotaces Olsson, 1872 Sphaerifer Richiardi, 1874

Sapphirina, whose members are commonly known as sea sapphires, is a genus of parasitic copepods in the family Sapphirinidae.

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species of crustacean

family of crustaceans

Buproridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Cyclopoida.