Eudactylinidae is a
family
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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 most of which live as
parasite
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s on the
gill
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s of
elasmobranch
Elasmobranchii () is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including sharks (superorder Selachii), rays, skates, and sawfish (superorder Batoidea). Members of this subclass are characterised by having five to seven pairs of gil ...
fishes; two genera lives on the gills of
teleost
Teleostei (; Greek ''teleios'' "complete" + ''osteon'' "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts ), is, by far, the largest infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, containing 96% of all extant species of fish. Tel ...
fishes (''
Heterocladius'' and ''
Jusheyus''). The family Eudactylinidae contains the following genera:
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Bariaka''
Cressey, 1966
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Carnifossorius''
Deets & Ho, 1988
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Dangoka''
Izawa, 2011
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Eudactylina''
Van Beneden, 1853
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Eudactylinella''
C. B. Wilson, 1932
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Eudactylinodes''
C. B. Wilson, 1932
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Eudactylinopsis''
Pillai, 1968
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Heterocladius''
Deets & Ho, 1988
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Janinecaira''
Benz, Smith, Bullard & Braswell, 2007
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Jusheyus''
Deets & Benz, 1987
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Nemesis''
Risso, 1826
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Protodactylina''
Laubier, Maillard & Oliver, 1966
References
Siphonostomatoida
Crustacean families
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