The Chitonophilidae are a
family
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of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
copepod
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s, with these genera:
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Chitonophilus''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
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Cocculinika''
Jones & Marshall, 1986
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Cookoides''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994
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Ischnochitonika''
Franz & Bullock, 1990
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Lepetellicola''
Huys, Lopez-Gonzalez, Roldan & Luque, 2002
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Leptochitonicola''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1991
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Leptochitonoides''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 2005
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Nucellicola''
Lamb, Boxshall, Mill & Grahame, 1996
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Tesonesma''
Avdeev & Sirenko, 1994
References
Cyclopoida families
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