Eudactylinidae

Eudactylinidae
Various species of Eudactylina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Siphonostomatoida
Family:	Eudactylinidae C. B. Wilson, 1932

Eudactylinidae is a family of copepods, ^[1] most of which live as parasites on the gills of elasmobranch fishes; two genera lives on the gills of teleost fishes ( Heterocladius and Jusheyus ). ^[2]

Genera

The family Eudactylinidae contains the following genera: ^[1]

• Bariaka Cressey, 1966
• Carnifossorius Deets & Ho, 1988
• Dangoka Izawa, 2011
• Eudactylina Van Beneden, 1853
• Eudactylinella C. B. Wilson, 1932
• Eudactylinodes C. B. Wilson, 1932
• Eudactylinopsis Pillai, 1968
• Heterocladius Deets & Ho, 1988
• Janinecaira Benz, Smith, Bullard & Braswell, 2007
• Jusheyus Deets & Benz, 1987
• Nemesis Risso, 1826
• Protodactylina Laubier, Maillard & Oliver, 1966

References

1. "Eudactylinidae Wilson C.B., 1932". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
2. Deets, Gregory B. & Ju-shey Ho (1988). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Eudactylinidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida), with descriptions of two new genera". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 101 (2): 317–339.