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]
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| Various species of Eudactylina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Eudactylinidae C. B. Wilson, 1932 |
Genera
editThe 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
References
edit- ^ a b "Eudactylinidae Wilson C.B., 1932". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ Deets, Gregory B. & Ju-shey Ho (1988). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Eudactylinidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida), with descriptions of two new genera". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (2): 317–339.
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