Eudactylinidae Explained

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

Genera

The family Eudactylinidae contains the following genera:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Gregory B. . Deets . Ju-shey Ho . amp . 1988 . Phylogenetic analysis of the Eudactylinidae (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida), with descriptions of two new genera . . 101 . 2 . 317–339 .
2. 2023 . Eudactylinidae Wilson C.B., 1932 . Copepods . 135521 . 11 September 2023.