Lernaeocera
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Lernaeenicus is a genus of marine
copepod
s in the family Pennellidae
, containing the following species:
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s in the family Pennellidae
Pennellidae
The Pennellidae are a family of copepods, containing the following genera:*Allotrifur Yamaguti, 1963*Cardiodectes C. B. Wilson, 1917*Creopelates Shiino, 1958*Exopenna Boxshall, 1986*Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861...
, containing the following species:
- Lernaeocera abyssicola (Brady, 1883)
- Lernaeocera branchialisLernaeocera branchialisLernaeocera branchialis, sometimes called cod worm, is a parasite of marine fish, found mainly in the North Atlantic. It is a marine copepod which starts life as a small pelagic crustacean larvae...
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Lernaeocera caparti Machado-Cruz, 1959
- Lernaeocera esocina (Hermann, 1783)
- Lernaeocera galei Krøyer, 1837
- Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
- Lernaeocera minuta (T. Scott, 1900)
- Lernaeocera sauciatonis (Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)