Chondracanthidae is a

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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, usually found infecting the branchial chamber of demersal fishes. It comprises the following genera: *'' Acanthocanthopsis'' Heegaard, 1945 *'' Acanthochondria'' Oakley, 1930 *'' Acanthochondrites'' Oakley, 1930 *''

Andreina Andreína is a popular female Female ( symbol: ♀) is the sex of an organism that produces the large non-motile ova (egg cells), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete during sexual reproduction. A female has large ...

'' Brian, 1939 *'' Apodochondria'' Ho & Dojiri, 1988 *'' Argentinochondria'' Etchegoin, Timi & Sardella, 2003 *'' Auchenochondria'' Dojiri & Perkins, 1979 *'' Bactrochondria'' Ho, I. H. Kim & Kumar, 2000 *'' Berea'' Yamaguti, 1963 *'' Bereacanthus'' Huys, 2009 *'' Blias'' Krøyer, 1863 *'' Brachiochondria'' Shiino, 1957 *'' Brachiochondrites'' Markevich, 1940 *'' Brasilochondria'' Thatcher & Pereira Júnior, 2004 *'' Ceratochondria'' Yu, 1935 *'' Chelonichondria'' Ho, 1994 *'' Chondracanthodes'' C. B. Wilson, 1932 *'' Chondracanthus'' Delaroche, 1811 *'' Cryptochondria'' Izawa, 1971 *'' Diocus'' Krøyer, 1863 *'' Heterochondria'' Yu, 1935 *'' Hoia'' Avdeev & Kazachenko, 1986 *'' Humphreysia'' Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 *'' Immanthe'' Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 *'' Juanettia'' C. B. Wilson, 1921 *'' Jusheyhoea'' Villalba & Fernandez, 1985 *'' Lagochondria'' Ho & Dojiri, 1988 *'' Lateracanthus'' Kabata & Gussev, 1966 *'' Lernentoma'' Blainville, 1822 *'' Markevitchielinus'' Titar, 1975 *'' Mecaderochondria'' Ho & Dojiri, 1987 *''

Medesicaste In Greek mythology, the name Medesicaste ( grc, Μηδεσικάστη) refers to two women of the Trojan royal house: * Medesicaste, a daughter of Laomedon and thus a sister of Priam. Together with her sisters Aethilla and Astyoche, she was taken ...

'' Kroyer, 1863 *'' Neobrachiochondria'' Kabata, 1969 *'' Pharodes'' C. B. Wilson, 1935 *'' Praecidochondria'' Kabata, 1968 *'' Prochondracanthopsis'' Shiino, 1960 *'' Prochondracanthus'' Yamaguti, 1939 *'' Protochondracanthus'' Kirtisinghe, 1950 *'' Protochondria'' Ho, 1970 *'' Pseudacanthocanthopsis'' Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 *'' Pseudoblias'' Heegaard, 1962 *'' Pseudochondracanthus'' C. B. Wilson, 1908 *'' Pseudodiocus'' Ho, 1972 *'' Pseudolernentoma'' Luque & Alves, 2003 *'' Rhynchochondria'' Ho, 1967 *''

Rohdea ''Rohdea'' is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia ( China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina). It was long thought to contain only a single species, ''R. japonica'', but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred ...

'' Kabata, 1992 *''

Scheherazade Scheherazade () is a major female character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. Name According to modern scholarship, the name ''Scheherazade'' deri ...

'' Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 *'' Strabax'' von Nordmann, 1864

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