Chitonophilidae
Encyclopedia
Chitonophilidae is a family
of parasitic copepod
s, containing the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of parasitic copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s, containing the following genera:
- Chitonophilus Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
- Cocculinika Jones & Marshall, 1986
- Cookoides Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994
- Ischnochitonika Franz & Bullock, 1990
- Lepetellicola Huys, Lopez-Gonzalez, Roldan & Luque, 2002
- Leptochitonicola Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
- Leptochitonoides Avdeev & Sirenko, 2005
- Nucellicola Lamb, Boxshall, Mill & Grahame, 1996
- Tesonesma Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994