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Bomolochidae
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Bomolochidae

Bomolochidae is a family of copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Most species parasitize the gills of fish, but some species live in the nostrils or on the eyes of their hosts. The family contains just over 150 species from the following genera:

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Bomolochus

genusBomolochus

Nothobomolochus

genusNothobomolochus

Holobomolochus

genusHolobomolochus

Cresseyus

genusCresseyus

Orbitacolax

genusOrbitacolax

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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 481526.