Bomolochidae

Bomolochidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Cyclopoida
Suborder:	Ergasilida
Family:	Bomolochidae ; Claus, 1875
Synonyms
	Tegobomolochidae Izawa, 1976

Last updated September 28, 2025

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.^[2] The family contains just over 150 species from the following genera:^[1]^[3]

Acanthocolax Vervoort, 1969
Acantholochus Cressey, 1984
Bomolochus Nordmann, 1832
Boylea Cressey, 1977
Ceratocolax Vervoort, 1965
Cresseyus Ho & Lin, 2006
Dicrobomolochus Vervoort, 1969
Hamaticolax Ho & Lin, 2006
Holobomolochus Vervoort, 1969
Holocolax Cressey, 1982
Megacolax Izawa, 2021
Naricolax Ho, Do & Kasahara, 1983
Neobomolochus Cressey, 1981
Nothobomolochus Vervoort, 1962
Orbitacolax Shen, 1957
Paraorbitacolax Izawa, 2021
Pseudoeucanthus Brian, 1906
Pseudorbitacolax Pillai, 1971
Pumiliopes Shen, 1957
Pumiliopsis Pillai, 1967
Tegobomolochus Izawa, 1976
Triceracolax Izawa, 2021
Unicolax Cressey & Cressey, 1980

References

1 2 T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2021). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Bomolochidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
↑ Boxshall, G; Halsey, FS (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. Ray Society. ISBN 0-903874-31-8.
↑ Bernot, James P.; Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2019). "Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters". PeerJ. 7 e6858. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6858 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6505424 . PMID 31114718.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2021). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Bomolochidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[2] Boxshall, G; Halsey, FS (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. Ray Society. ISBN 0-903874-31-8.

[BernotBoxshall2019-3] Bernot, James P.; Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2019). "Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters". PeerJ. 7 e6858. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6858 . ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6505424 . PMID 31114718.

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