''Choniomyzon'' is a 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, containing the following species: One species, ''
C. inflatus'', is a
parasite
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 ...
of the eggs of the
slipper lobster ''
Ibacus novemdentatus
''Ibacus'' is a genus of slipper lobsters, including commercially important species such as the Balmain bug Balmain may refer to:
Places
* Balmain, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia
* Electoral district of Balmain, an electoral divi ...
''.
* ''
Choniomyzon inflatus''
Wakabayashi ''et al.'', 2013
* ''
Choniomyzon libiniae''
Santos & Björnberg, 2004
* ''
Choniomyzon panuiri''
Pillai, 1962
References
Siphonostomatoida
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