Pandarus (genus) explained

Pandarus is a genus of marine copepods. Species of Pandarus are parasitic to various species of sharks.^[1]

Classification

There are fourteen recognized species,^[2] including:

• Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816
• Pandarus carcharhini Ho, 1963
• Pandarus cranchii Leach, 1819
• Pandarus echinifer Dippenaar, 2024^[3]
• Pandarus floridanus Cressey, 1967
• Pandarus katoi Cressey, 1967
• Pandarus niger Kirtisinghe, 1950
• Pandarus satyrus Dana, 1849-1852
• Pandarus sinuatus Say, 1818
• Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886
• Pandarus zygaenae Brady, 1883

Notes and References

1. Proceedings of the United States National Museum . Caligoid Copepods Parasitic on Isurus oxyrinchus With an Example of Habitat Shift . Roger F. . Cressey . 1968 . Smithsonian Institution Press . 125 . 3653 . en.
2. Benz . George W. . How Pandarus Species (Copepoda: Pandaridae) Attach to Their Shark Hosts . The Journal of Parasitology . 1992 . 78 . 2 . 368–370 . 10.2307/3283492 . 0022-3395 . 3283492.
3. Dippenaar . S. M. . Pandarus Leach, 1816 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) species collected from elasmobranchs off South Africa with the description of Pandarus echinifer n. sp. . Systematic Parasitology . 22 June 2024 . 101 . 4 . 46 . 10.1007/s11230-024-10167-y . en . 1573-5192. 11193696 .