Acantholochus
Sign in to saveAcantholochus 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCopepoda
- OrderCyclopoida
- FamilyBomolochidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Bomolochidae
- Collections
- USNM, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ
- Recorded in
- Peru, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Bomolochidae
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- taxon name
- Acantholochus
- taxon rank
- genus
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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.
== Species ==
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