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
References
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Copepods