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Lernaeopodidae
Lernaeopodidae is a family of parasitic copepods. The females are typically large and fleshy, and attach to the host permanently using a plug made of chitin called the bulla. The males cling on to the females using their antennae. The family contains the following genera:
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Salmincola
genusSalmincola
Brachiella
genusBrachiella
Clavella
genusClavella
Ommatokoita
genusOmmatokoita
Achtheres
genusAchtheres
Parabrachiella
genusParabrachiella
Basanistes
genusBasanistes
Clavellisa
genusClavellisa
Nudiclavella
genusNudiclavella
Cauloxenus
genusCauloxenus
Neobrachiella
genusNeobrachiella
Clavellotis
genusClavellotis
Tracheliastes
genusTracheliastes
Pseudotracheliastes
genusPseudotracheliastes
Lernaeopoda
genusLernaeopoda
Clavellopsis
genusClavellopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 171327.