Siphonostomatoida

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Siphonostomatoida
Lernaeocera branchialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Maxillopoda Subclass: Copepoda Order: Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859
Families
There are 45 families: Artotrogidae Ascomyzontidae Asterocheridae Brychiopontiidae Caligidae Calverocheridae Calvocheridae Cancerillidae Catlaphilidae Cecropidae Choniostomatidae Dichelesthiidae Dinopontiidae Dirivultidae Dissonidae Dyspontiidae Entomolepidae Eudactylinidae Euryphoridae Hatschekiidae Herpyllobiidae Hyponeoidae Kroyeriidae Lernaeoceridae Lernaeopodidae Lernanthropidae Megapontiidae Micropontiidae Myzopontiidae Nanaspididae Naobranchiidae Nicothoidae Pandaridae Pennellidae Pontoeciellidae Pseudocycnidae Rataniidae Saccopsidae Sphyriidae Spongiocnizontidae Stellicomitidae Tanypleuridae Trebiidae Ventriculinidae Xenocoelomatidae

Siphonostomatoida are copepods of the order of the subclass Maxillopoda, inside the subphylum Crustacea.

The eye maggot of sprat Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806), a parasitic copepod on its host sprat (Sprattus sprattus) from Southern North Sea

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