''Alella'' is a monotypic genus of

copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...

s belonging to the family

Lernaeopodidae Lernaeopodidae is a family of parasitic copepods. The females are typically large and fleshy, and attach to the host permanently using a plug made of chitin Chitin ( C8 H13 O5 N)n ( ) is a long-chain polymer of ''N''-acetylglucosamine, a ...

. The only species, ''Alella pagelli'', is found in Australia.

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Siphonostomatoida Monotypic copepod genera {{copepod-stub