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Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840

128566  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128566)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Chondracanthidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Andreinidae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeosoleidae Hogans & Benz, 1990 · unaccepted (synonym according to Huys et al., 2006)
Pharodidae Illg, 1948 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Acanthocanthopsis Heegaard, 1945
  2. Genus Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930
  3. Genus Acanthochondrites Oakley, 1930
  4. Genus Andreina Brian, 1939
  5. Genus Apodia Izawa, 2025
  6. Genus Apodius Izawa, 2025
  7. Genus Apodochondria Ho & Dojiri, 1988
  8. Genus Argentinochondria Etchegoin, Timi & Sardella, 2003
  9. Genus Auchenochondria Dojiri & Perkins, 1979
  10. Genus Avatar Aneesh, Ohtsuka, Kondo & Helna, 2024
  11. Genus Bactrochondria Ho, Kim I.H. & Kumar, 2000
  12. Genus Bereacanthus Huys, 2009
  13. Genus Blias Krøyer, 1863
  14. Genus Bobkabata Hogans & Benz, 1990
  15. Genus Brachiochondria Shiino, 1957
  16. Genus Brachiochondrites Markevich, 1940
  17. Genus Brasilochondria Thatcher & Pereira Júnior, 2004
  18. Genus Ceratochondria Yü, 1935
  19. Genus Chelonichondria Ho, 1994
  20. Subfamily Chondracanthinae Leigh-Sharpe & Oakley, 1927
  21. Genus Chondracanthodes Wilson C.B., 1932
  22. Genus Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811
  23. Genus Cryptochondria Izawa, 1971
  24. Genus Diocus Krøyer, 1863
  25. Genus Heterochondria Yu, 1935
  26. Genus Hoia Avdeev & Kazachenko, 1986
  27. Genus Humphreysia Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  28. Genus Immanthe Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  29. Genus Juanettia Wilson C.B., 1921
  30. Genus Jusheyhoea Villalba & Fernández Bargiela, 1985
  31. Genus Kokeshioides Aneesh, Ohtsuka, Kondo & Helna, 2024
  32. Genus Lagochondria Ho & Dojiri, 1988
  33. Genus Lateracanthus Kabata & Gusev, 1966
  34. Genus Lernaeosolea Wilson C.B., 1944
  35. Genus Lernentoma Blainville, 1822
  36. Subfamily Lernentominae Leigh-Sharpe & Oakley, 1927
  37. Genus Markevitchielinus Titar, 1975
  38. Genus Mecaderochondria Ho & Dojiri, 1987
  39. Genus Medesicaste Krøyer, 1863
  40. Genus Monopodia Izawa, 2025
  41. Genus Neobrachiochondria Kabata, 1969
  42. Genus Parapercicola Ho, Liu & Lin, 2011
  43. Genus Pharodes Wilson C.B., 1935
  44. Genus Praecidochondria Kabata, 1968
  45. Genus Prochondracanthopsis Shiino, 1960
  46. Genus Prochondracanthus Yamaguti, 1939
  47. Genus Protochondracanthus Kirtisinghe, 1950
  48. Genus Protochondria Ho, 1970
  49. Genus Pseudacanthocanthopsis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959
  50. Genus Pseudoblias Heegaard, 1962
  51. Genus Pseudochondracanthus Wilson C.B., 1908
  52. Genus Pseudodiocus Ho, 1972
  53. Genus Rhynchochondria Ho, 1967
  54. Genus Rohdea Kabata, 1992
  55. Genus Scheherazade Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  56. Genus Strabax von Nordmann, 1864
  57. Genus Ttetaloia Uyeno & Nagasawa, 2012
  58. Genus Anops Oken, 1815 accepted as Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
  59. Genus Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Genus Berea Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Bereacanthus Huys, 2009 (preoccupied by Berea Peringuey, 1926 (Carabidae))
  61. Genus Chondracanthopsis Oakley, 1930 accepted as Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Genus Disphaerocephalus Oakley, 1930 accepted as Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811 (synonym)
  63. Genus Entomoda Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930 (synonym)
  64. Genus Lernacantha Blainville, 1822 accepted as Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811 (synonym)
  65. Genus Lernaeomyzon Blainville, 1822 accepted as Lernentoma Blainville, 1822 (synonym)
  66. Subfamily Medesicastinae Kazatchenko, 2001 accepted as Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840
  67. Genus Oralien Bassett-Smith, 1899 accepted as Lernentoma Blainville, 1822 (synonym)
  68. Genus Parapharodes Shiino, 1960 accepted as Diocus Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  69. Genus Protochondracanthoides Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811 (synonym)
  70. Genus Pseudacanthopsis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1960 accepted as Pseudacanthocanthopsis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, misspelling of genus name Pseudacanthocanthopsis)
  71. Genus Pseudochondracanthoides Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Pseudochondracanthus Wilson C.B., 1908 (synonym)
  72. Genus Pseudolernentoma Luque & Alves, 2003 accepted as Argentinochondria Etchegoin, Timi & Sardella, 2003 (synonymy)
  73. Genus Pterochondria Ho, 1973 accepted as Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930 (junior synonym according to Tang et al, 2010)
  74. Genus Rylovia Markevich, 1940 accepted as Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930 (synonym)
  75. Genus Trichthacerus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Blias Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  76. Genus Triphyllacanthus Oakley, 1930 accepted as Blias Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  77. Genus Tuccopsis Pearse, 1952 accepted as Blias Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
marine, brackish
Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128566 on 2025-10-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2005-05-04 07:42:17Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-04-03 10:19:39Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2019-10-07 11:15:09Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2024-03-12 12:52:20Z
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Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pharodidae Illg, 1948) Illg, P.L. (1948). Pharodinae, a new subfamily of Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda), and a description of Pharodes biakensis n. sp., from New Guinea. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 38(12):404-412, figs. 1-15. (15-xii-1948) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Lernaeosoleidae Hogans & Benz, 1990) Hogans, W.E. & G.W. Benz. (1990). A new family of parasitic copepods, the Lernaeosoleidae (Poecilostomatoida), from demersal fishes in the northwest Atlantic, with a description of Bobkabata kabatabobbus n. gen., n. sp. and a redescription of Lernaeosolea lycodis Wilson, 1944. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68(12):2483-2488. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Andreinidae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Medesicastinae Kazatchenko, 2001) Kazachenko, V.N. (2001). Opredelitel' semeistv i rodov paraziticheskikh kopepod (Crustacea: Copepoda) ryb: Monografiia. [Key to families and genera of parasitic copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) of fishes. ]. <em>Dalrybtuz, V 2-kh chastiakh. Chast' 2. Dal'nevostochnyi gos. Tekhnicheskii Rybokhoziaistvennyi Universitet, Vladivostok.</em> Part I, 161 pp., Part II, 253 pp. (Russian). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ho, J.S. (1971). Parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae from fishes of eastern North America. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 87:1-38, figs. 1-26. (7-vii-1971). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ho, J.S. (1978). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States. Copepoda: Cyclopoids Parasitic on Fishes. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 409:1-12, figs. 1-17. (ii-1978) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ho, J.S. (1982). On the origin of Chondracanthidae, a family of Copepoda parasitic on marine fish. Wiadomosci Parazytologiczne 28(1-2):191-195. (Polish summary.) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ho, J.S. (1984). Accessory antennule and the origin of the Chondracanthidae (Poecilostomatoida). <em>In: Vervoort, W. & J.C. Vaupel Klein von (eds.). Studies on Copepoda II. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Copepoda, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-28 August 1981. Crustaceana, Supplement.</em> 7:242-248, tabs. 1-2. (10-viii-1984). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ostergaard, P. (2004). The family Chondracanthidae (Crustacea, Copepoda): anatomy, morphology and phylogeny. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Imperial College London (University of London), London, U.K.</em> 293 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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