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

Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Naobranchiidae*	Yamaguti, 1939	synonym

Children

Achtheres von Nordmann, 1832
Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925
Basanistes von Nordmann, 1832
Brachiella Cuvier, 1830
Brianella Wilson C.B., 1915
Charopinus Krøyer, 1863
Clavella Oken, 1815
Clavellisa Wilson C.B., 1915
Clavellistes Shiino, 1963
Clavellodes Wilson C.B., 1915
Clavellotis Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1984
Eubrachiella Wilson C.B., 1915
Kabatazus Özdikmen, 2008
Lernaeopoda Blainville, 1822
Lernaeopodina Wilson C.B., 1915
Naobranchia Hesse, 1863
Neoalbionella Özdikmen, 2008
Ommatokoita Leigh-Sharpe, 1926
Parabrachiella Wilson C.B., 1915
Praeclavella Castro-Romero, Montes & Martorelli, 2022
Pseudocharopinus Kabata, 1964
Pseudotracheliastes Markewitsch, 1956
Salmincola Wilson C.B., 1915
Schistobrachia Kabata, 1964
Sparidicola Kabata & Tareen, 1987
Thysanote Krøyer, 1863
Tracheliastes von Nordmann, 1832
Vanbenedenia Malm, 1861

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ナガクビムシ科

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	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
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	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	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	Ho, J.S. (1977). Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae and Sphyriidae. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Report, United States National Marine Fisheries Service Circular 406:1-14, figs. 1-16. (xii-1977)
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1915). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeopodidae, with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2063): 565-729, pls. 25-56, figs. 1-15. (6-iii-1915).
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeopodidae 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:135525

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f2c8cced-2389-42bc-a02b-828b04b2b2ab