Chitonophilidae
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Copepoda |
| Order | Cyclopoida |
| Family | Chitonophilidae |
| Published in | Avdeev, G.V. & B.I. Sirenko. (1991). Chitonophilidae fam. n., a new family of parasitic copepods from the chitons of the north-western Pacific. Parazitologiya, 25(4):370–374. https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=75670 |
| Habitat | MARINE |
| Genera | 9 |
| Species records held | 16 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 25 |
| GBIF key | 4303248 |
Genera in Chitonophilidae
- Leptochitonicola — 5 species: Leptochitonicola attenuata, Leptochitonicola hanleyellai, Leptochitonicola intermedia, Leptochitonicola latus, Leptochitonicola sphaerica
- Ischnochitonika — 4 species: Ischnochitonika aleutica, Ischnochitonika japonica, Ischnochitonika kurochkini, Ischnochitonika lasalliana
- Chitonophilus — 1 species: Chitonophilus laminosus
- Cocculinika — 1 species: Cocculinika myzorama
- Cookoides — 1 species: Cookoides cordatus
- Lepetellicola — 1 species: Lepetellicola brescianii
- Leptochitonoides — 1 species: Leptochitonoides vitiasi
- Nucellicola — 1 species: Nucellicola holmanae
- Tesonesma — 1 species: Tesonesma reniformis
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.