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

Bomolochidae Claus, 1875

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bomolochus von Nordmann, 1832
Cresseyus Ho & Lin, 2006
Holobomolochus Vervoort, 1969
Nothobomolochus Vervoort, 1962
Pseudoeucanthus Brian, 1906

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: エラジラミ科

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1875). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis parasitischer Copepoden nebst Bemerkungen über das System derselben. [New contributions to the knowledge of parasitic copepods together with remarks on their system. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 25(4):327-360, pls. 22-24.
additional source	Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2007). On a rare species of parasitic copepod, Boylea longispica Cressey, 1977 (Poecilostomatoida), with a key to the genera of Bomolochidae. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 34(3):299-306.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Balaraman, S. (1983). On the validity of the genera of Bomolochidae (Crustacea, Copepoda). In: John, P.A. (ed.). Selected papers on Crustacea. Prof. (Dr.) N. Krishna Pillai Felicitation volume, Prof. N. Krishna Pillai Farewell Committee, Trivandrum, 207pp. :27-39, figs. 1-17.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1962). A review of the genera and species of the Bomolochidae (Crustacea, Copepoda) including the description of some old and new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 56:1-111, figs. 1-12. (26-ix-1962)
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. (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	Ho, J.S., T.T. Do & S. Kasahara. (1983). Copepods of the family Bomolochidae parasitic on fishes of Kojima Bay, Okayama Prefecture. Journal of the Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University 22(1):1-41, figs. 1-162. (viii-1983)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Bomolochidae Claus, 1875. 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:128564