Cardiodectes

Cardiodectes
A colony of Hydrichthys sarcotretis attached to parasitic copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Cardiodectes
C. B. Wilson, 1917
Species

15 species (see text)

Cardiodectes is a genus of copepods in the family Pennellidae. Species are parasites of fish.

Species

Species:

Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908) is a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii.

References

  1. 1 2 Wilson, Charles Branch (1917). "North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53 (2194): 1–150. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1.
  2. 1 2 3 Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2021). "Cardiodectes Wilson C.B., 1917". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Lim, Kah Kheng; Angulo-Preckler, Carlos; Rabaoui, Lotfi J.; Qurban, Mohammad A.; Pieribone, Vincent A.; Duarte, Carlos M.; Uyeno, Daisuke (2025). "Discovery of new species of mesoparasitic pennellid (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from the endemic mesopelagic lightfish Vinciguerria mabahiss in the Red Sea". Parasite. 32: 43. doi:10.1051/parasite/2025038. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 12266664. PMID 40668974. Open access icon
  4. ↑ Hogans, W. E. (2017). "Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 130 (1): 250–255. doi:10.2988/17-00019. S2CID 89975409.