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

Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Pharodidae*	Illg, 1948	synonym

Children

Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930
Acanthochondrites Oakley, 1930
Chondracanthodes Wilson C.B., 1932
Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811
Diocus Krøyer, 1863
Lernentoma Blainville, 1822
Pharodes Wilson C.B., 1935
Protochondracanthus Kirtisinghe, 1950
Strabax von Nordmann, 1864

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツブムシ科

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	Ho, J.S. (1984). Accessory antennule and the origin of the Chondracanthidae (Poecilostomatoida). In: Vervoort, W. & J.C. Vaupel Klein von (eds.). Studies on Copepoda II. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Copepoda, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-28 August 1981. Crustaceana, Supplement. 7:242-248, tabs. 1-2. (10-viii-1984).
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	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970)
additional source	Ho, J.S. (1982). On the origin of Chondracanthidae, a family of Copepoda parasitic on marine fish. Wiadomosci Parazytologiczne 28(1-2):191-195. (Polish summary.)
additional source	Ho, J.S. (1971). Parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae from fishes of eastern North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 87:1-38, figs. 1-26. (7-vii-1971).
additional source	Ho, J.S. (1978). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States. Copepoda: Cyclopoids Parasitic on Fishes. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 409:1-12, figs. 1-17. (ii-1978)
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthidae 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:128566