''Cardiodectes'' is a genus of copepods in the family

Pennellidae Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepods. When anchored on a host, they have a portion of the body on the outside of the host, whereas the remaining anterior part of the parasite is hidden inside tissues of the host. Genera There are 24 ge ...

. Species are parasites of fish.

Species

There are 15 species: ''Cardiodectes medusaeus'' (Wilson C.B., 1908) is a synonym of ''Cardiodectes bellottii''.

References

* Uyeno, D. 2013: Two new species of ''Cardiodectes'' Wilson, 1917 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) from gobiid fishes (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) in the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3664(3), pages 301–311, * Uyeno, D.; Nagasawa, K. 2010: Three new species of the family Pennellidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from gobiid fishes (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) in coastal waters of the western Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, 2687, pages 29–44 Siphonostomatoida Copepod genera {{copepod-stub