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Cancerillidae is a family of
copepods Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...
belonging to the order
Siphonostomatoida 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. ...
. Genera: * '' Cancerilla'' Dalyell, 1851 * '' Cancerillopsis'' Stephensen, 1933 * '' Microcancerilla'' Norman & Brady, 1909 * '' Ophiopsyllopsis'' Sebastian, 1968 * '' Ophiopsyllus'' Stock, Humes & Gooding, 1963 * '' Parartotrogus'' Scott & Scott, 1893 * '' Parophiopsyllus'' Humes & Hendler, 1972


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q4296557 Copepods