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Siphon-mouth Copepods
Siphonostomatoida
Siphonostomatoida is an order of copepods, containing around 75% of all the copepods that parasitise fishes. Their success has been linked to their possession of siphon-like mandibles and of a "frontal filament" to aid attachment to their hosts. Most are marine, but a few live in fresh water. There are 39 recognised families:
46 branches of this order, most-observed first
Sea Lice
familyCaligidae
Pennellidae
familyPennellidae
Lernaeopodidae
familyLernaeopodidae
Pandaridae
familyPandaridae
Sphyriidae
familySphyriidae
Artotrogidae
familyArtotrogidae
Lernanthropidae
familyLernanthropidae
Asterocheridae
familyAsterocheridae
Dichelesthiidae
familyDichelesthiidae
Nanaspididae
familyNanaspididae
Hatschekiidae
familyHatschekiidae
Nicothoidae
familyNicothoidae
Rataniidae
familyRataniidae
Dirivultidae
familyDirivultidae
Megapontiidae
familyMegapontiidae
Archidactylinidae
familyArchidactylinidae
Brychiopontiidae
familyBrychiopontiidae
Calverocheridae
familyCalverocheridae
Cancerillidae
familyCancerillidae
Codobidae
familyCodobidae
Coralliomyzontidae
familyCoralliomyzontidae
Dichelinidae
familyDichelinidae
Dinopontiidae
familyDinopontiidae
Dissonidae
familyDissonidae
Ecbathyriontidae
familyEcbathyriontidae
Eudactylinidae
familyEudactylinidae
Hyponeoidae
familyHyponeoidae
Kroyeriidae
familyKroyeriidae
Micropontiidae
familyMicropontiidae
Pseudohatschekiidae
familyPseudohatschekiidae
Scottomyzontidae
familyScottomyzontidae
Sponginticolidae
familySponginticolidae
Spongiocnizontidae
familySpongiocnizontidae
Stellicomitidae
familyStellicomitidae
Tanypleuridae
familyTanypleuridae
Trebiidae
familyTrebiidae
Thanatodectes
genusThanatodectes
Grandiungus
genusGrandiungus
Hyperoncus
genusHyperoncus
Pachynesthus
genusPachynesthus
Polycliniophilus
genusPolycliniophilus
Samarusidae
familySamarusidae
Hessia
genusHessia
Pseudocycnidae
familyPseudocycnidae
Entomolepididae
familyEntomolepididae
Pontoeciellidae
familyPontoeciellidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 153122.