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Lernaeocera branchialis (Pennellidae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Superorder: | Podoplea |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859 |
Siphonostomatoida is an orderofcopepods, containing around 75% of all the copepods that parasitise fishes.[1] Their success has been linked to their possession of siphon-like mandibles and of a "frontal filament" to aid attachment to their hosts.[2] Most are marine, but a few live in fresh water.[3] There are 40 recognised families:[4]
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