basis of record
Heegaard, P.E. (1966). Parasitic copepods from Texas. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 129: 187-197, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Dojiri, M. (1983). Revision of the genera of the Caligidae (Siphonostomatoida), copepods predominantly parasitic on marine fishes. Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 721pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Heegaard (1966) established a new family Sciaenophilidae based on his interpretation that only the first pedigerous remnant was fused with the cephalothrax, the second and third segments remaining separate from it. However, the first three pedigerous segments are fused to the cephalothorax as in other genera of the caligids, and therefore the family proposed by Heegard cannot be condsidered valid. Dojiri, 1983. p. 327-332, and considers it a Caligidae [details]