Family of crustaceans

Bomolochidae

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Crustacea

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Maxillopoda

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Copepoda

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Cyclopoida

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Poecilostomatoida

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Bomolochidae

Claus, 1875

Bomolochidae is a family of copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Most species parasitize the gills of fish, but some species live in the nostrils or on the eyes of their hosts.[1] The family contains just over 150 species from the following genera:[2][3]

* Acanthocolax Vervoort, 1969
* Acantholochus Cressey, 1984
* Bomolochus Nordmann, 1832
* Boylea Cressey, 1977
* Ceratocolax Vervoort, 1965
* Cresseyus Ho & Lin, 2006
* Dicrobomolochus Vervoort, 1969
* Hamaticolax Ho & Lin, 2006
* Holobomolochus Vervoort, 1969
* Holocolax Cressey, 1982
* Megacolax Izawa, 2021
* Naricolax Ho, Do & Kasahara, 1983
* Neobomolochus Cressey, 1981
* Nothobomolochus Vervoort, 1962
* Orbitacolax Shen, 1957
* Paraorbitacolax Izawa, 2021
* Pseudoeucanthus Brian, 1906
* Pseudorbitacolax Pillai, 1971
* Pumiliopes Shen, 1957
* Pumiliopsis Pillai, 1967
* Tegobomolochus Izawa, 1976
* Triceracolax Izawa, 2021
* Unicolax Cressey & Cressey, 1980

## References[edit]

* Crustaceans portal

1. ^ Boxshall, G; Halsey, FS (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. ISBN 0903874318.
2. ^ T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2021). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Bomolochidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Archived from the original on 2011-08-26. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. ^ Bernot, James P.; Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2019). "Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters". PeerJ. 7: e6858. doi:10.7717/peerj.6858. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6505424. PMID 31114718.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q3808883
* Wikispecies: Bomolochidae
* AFD: Bomolochidae
* BOLD: 516925
* CoL: 7NG5J
* GBIF: 9134
* iNaturalist: 481526
* IRMNG: 106917
* ITIS: 88927
* NBN: NHMSYS0021052246
* NCBI: 864307
* NZOR: 0504116c-aa24-496a-9f54-d74b9268ae5e
* WoRMS: 128564

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