Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida

Dichelesthiidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anthosoma Leach, 1816
Dichelesthium Hermann, 1804

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツツウオジラミ科

Literature

original description	Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. 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]]. 3: 411-529.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
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).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Dichelesthiidae Milne Edwards, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135517

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Dichelesthiidae Milne Edwards, 1840. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d7a5858e-07d1-4b56-9d81-ae371b4345fe