Lernaeidae is a family of
copepods
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...
belonging to the order
Cyclopoida
The Cyclopoida are an order of small crustaceans from the subclass Copepoda. Like many other copepods, members of Cyclopoida are small, planktonic animals living both in the sea and in freshwater habitats. They are capable of rapid movement. The ...
.
Genera
Genera:
* ''
Afrolernaea''
Fryer, 1956
* ''
Amazolernaea''
Thatcher & Williams, 1998
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Areotrachelus''
Wilson, 1924
* ''
Bedsylernaea''
Thatcher & Williams, 1998
* ''
Catlaphila''
Tripathi, 1960
* ''
Catlaphilla''
Tripathi, 1960
* ''
Dysphorus''
Kurtz, 1924
* ''
Hepatophylus''
Quidor, 1912
* ''
Indolernaea''
Kabata, 1983
* ''
Indopeniculus''
Kumari, Khera & Gupta, 1988
* ''
Lamproglena''
Nordmann, 1832
* ''
Lamproglenoides''
Fryer, 1964
* ''
Lernaea
''Lernaea'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans whose members are commonly called ''anchor worms'' and are parasitic on freshwater fishes.
Life cycle
Anchor worms mate during the last free-swimming (copepodid) stage of development. After mating, th ...
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Linnaeus, 1758
* ''
Lernaeenicinae''
Wilson, 1917
* ''
Lernaeinae''
Wilson, 1917
* ''
Lernaeogiraffa''
Zimmermann, 1923
* ''
Minilernaea''
Thatcher & Huergo, 2005
* ''
Opistholernaea''
Yin, 1960
* ''
Pillainus''
Kabata, 1983
* ''
Pseudolamproglena''
Boxshall, 1976
* ''
Taurocheros''
Brian, 1924
References
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Copepods