Siphonostomatoida
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Name (Latin)
Siphonostomatoida
Other forms of name
nne Caligoida
Lernaeopodoida
See Also From tracing topical name
Copepoda
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q2226964
Library of congress:
sh2003000237
Sources of Information
- Pacific science, 2003:v. 57, no. 1, p. 39 (Benz, George W. Five species of Parasitic Copepods (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) from the body surface of a white shark captured in Morro Bay, California)
- ITIS search, Mar. 30, 2006(Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859, order, synonyms: Caligoida, Lernaeopopoida)
- Martin, J.W. An updated classification of the recent Crustacea, 2001, [PDF], via WWW, Mar. 30, 2006:p. 63 (Order Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859 in Subclass Copepoda)
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Wikipedia description:
Siphonostomatoida is an order of copepods, containing around 75% of all the copepods that parasitise fishes. Their success has been linked to their possession of siphon-like mandibles and of a "frontal filament" to aid attachment to their hosts. Most are marine, but a few live in fresh water. There are 40 recognised families:
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