Lernaeocera

Lernaeocera
Lernaeocera branchialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Lernaeocera
Blainville, 1822
Synonyms [1]
  • Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935

Lernaeocera is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • Lernaeocera abyssicola (Brady, 1883)
  • Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Lernaeocera caparti Machado-Cruz, 1959
  • Lernaeocera esocina (Hermann, 1783)
  • Lernaeocera galei Krøyer, 1837
  • Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
  • Lernaeocera minuta (T. Scott, 1900)
  • Lernaeocera sauciatonis (Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)

References

  1. 1 2 Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall, ed. "Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 11, 2011.


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