WoRMS name details
Umazuracolidae Ho, Ohtsuka & Nakadachi, 2006
345980 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345980)
unaccepted (synonym according to Huys et al., 2012)
Family
Poecilostomatoida accepted as Ergasilida
marine
Ho, J.S., S. Ohtsuka & N. Nakadachi. (2006). A new family of poecilostomatoid copepods (Umazuracolidae) based on specimens parasitic on the black scraper (Thamnaconus modestus) in Japan. Zoological Science 23(5):483-496. [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Umazuracolidae Ho, Ohtsuka & Nakadachi, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345980 on 2026-01-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Ho, J.S., S. Ohtsuka & N. Nakadachi. (2006). A new family of poecilostomatoid copepods (Umazuracolidae) based on specimens parasitic on the black scraper (Thamnaconus modestus) in Japan. Zoological Science 23(5):483-496. [details] Available for editors [request]
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source of synonymy
Huys, R., F. Fatih, S. Ohtsuka & J. Llewellyn-Hughes. (2012). Evolution of the bomolochiform superfamily complex (Copepoda: Cyclopoida): New insights from ssrDNA and morphology, and origin of umazuracolids from polychaete-infesting ancestors rejected. International Journal for Parasitology 42(1):71-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
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