The Chitonophilidae are a
family
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of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...
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, with these genera:
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Chitonophilus''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
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Cocculinika''
Jones & Marshall, 1986
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Cookoides''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994
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Ischnochitonika''
Franz & Bullock, 1990
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Lepetellicola''
Huys, Lopez-Gonzalez, Roldan & Luque, 2002
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Leptochitonicola''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
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Leptochitonoides''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 2005
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Nucellicola''
Lamb, Boxshall, Mill & Grahame, 1996
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Tesonesma''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994
References
Cyclopoida
Crustacean families
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