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

Pseudocycnidae Wilson C.B., 1922

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pseudocycnus Heller, 1865

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オビウオジラミ科

Literature

original description	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).
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	Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. Wiley Interscience, New York. 1104 pp., 333 pls.
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	Pillai, N.K. (1978). On the status of the family Pseudocycnidae Yamaguti (Copepoda). Aquatic Biology 3:23-32.
new combination reference	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocycnidae Wilson C.B., 1922. 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:135534