Lernaeocera

Summary

Lernaeocera is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae.[1]

Lernaeocera
Lernaeocera branchialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Lernaeocera
Blainville, 1822
Synonyms [1]
  • Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935

Species edit

The genus contains 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 edit

  1. ^ a b c Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2022). "Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 May 2022.