''Pandarus'' is a genus of marine
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. Species of ''Pandarus'' are parasitic to various species of sharks.
Classification
There are fourteen recognized species,
including:
* ''
Pandarus bicolor''
Leach, 1816
* ''
Pandarus carcharhini''
Ho, 1963
* ''
Pandarus cranchii
Pandarus or Pandar (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος ''Pándaros'') is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War.
In Homer's ''Iliad'' he is portrayed as an energetic and powerful warrior, but in medieval literature he b ...
''
Leach, 1819
* ''
Pandarus echinifer''
Dippenaar, 2024
* ''
Pandarus floridanus''
Cressey, 1967
* ''
Pandarus katoi''
Cressey, 1967
* ''
Pandarus niger''
Kirtisinghe, 1950
* ''
Pandarus satyrus''
Dana, 1849-1852
* ''
Pandarus sinuatus''
Say, 1818
* ''
Pandarus smithii
Pandarus or Pandar (Ancient Greek: Πάνδαρος ''Pándaros'') is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War.
In Homer's ''Iliad'' he is portrayed as an energetic and powerful warrior, but in medieval literature he b ...
''
Rathbun, 1886
* ''
Pandarus zygaenae''
Brady, 1883
References
Copepod genera
Siphonostomatoida
Animal parasites of fish
Taxa named by William Elford Leach
Taxa described in 1816
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