Lernaeidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Cyclopoida. Family Lernaeidae has 131 species. All species in Lernaeidae are parasites of freshwater fishes.
Genera
Genera: Afrolernaea Fryer, 1956 Amazolernaea Thatcher & Williams, 1998 Areotrachelus Wilson, 1924 Bedsylernaea Thatcher & Williams, 1998 Catlaphila Tripathi, 1960 Catlaphilla Tripathi, 1960 Dysphorus Kurtz, 1924 Hepatophylus Quidor, 1912 Indolernaea Kabata, 1983 Indopeniculus Kumari, Khera & Gupta, 1988 Lamproglena Nordmann, 1832 Lamproglenoides Fryer, 1964 Lernaea Linnaeus, 1758 Lernaeenicinae Wilson, 1917 Lernaeinae Wilson, 1917 Lernaeogiraffa Zimmermann, 1923 Minilernaea Thatcher & Huergo, 2005 Opistholernaea Yin, 1960 Pillainus Kabata, 1983 Pseudolamproglena Boxshall, 1976 Taurocheros Brian, 1924
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