Siphonostomatoida

Siphonostomatoida is an order of copepods, containing around 75% of all the copepods that parasitise fishes.^[1] Their success has been linked to their possession of siphon-like mandibles and of a "frontal filament" to aid attachment to their hosts.^[2] Most are marine, but a few live in fresh water.^[3] There are 40 recognised families:^[4]

• Archidactylinidae Izawa, 1996
• Artotrogidae Brady, 1880
• Asterocheridae Giesbrecht, 1899
• Brychiopontiidae Humes, 1974
• Caligidae Burmeister, 1835
• Calverocheridae Stock, 1968
• Cancerillidae Giesbrecht, 1897
• Codobidae Boxshall & Ohtsuka, 2001
• Coralliomyzontidae Humes & Stock, 1991
• Dichelesthiidae Milne-Edwards, 1840
• Dichelinidae Boxshall & Ohtsuka, 2001
• Dinopontiidae Murnane, 1967
• Dirivultidae Humes & Dojiri, 1980
• Dissonidae Yamaguti, 1963
• Ecbathyriontidae Humes, 1987
• Entomolepididae Brady, 1899
• Eudactylinidae C. B. Wilson, 1932
• Hatschekiidae Kabata, 1979
• Hyponeoidae Heegaard, 1962
• Kroyeriidae Kabata, 1979
• Lernaeopodidae Milne-Edwards, 1840
• Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979
• Megapontiidae Heptner, 1968
• Micropontiidae Gooding, 1957
• Nanaspididae Humes & Cressey, 1959
• Nicothoidae Dana, 1852
• Pandaridae Milne Edwards, 1840
• Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835
• Pontoeciellidae Giesbrecht, 1895
• Pseudocycnidae C. B. Wilson, 1922
• Pseudohatschekiidae Tang et al., 2010
• Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897
• Samarusidae Lee J. & I.H. Kim, 2018
• Scottomyzontidae Ivanenko et al., 2001
• Sphyriidae C. B. Wilson, 1919
• Sponginticolidae Topsent, 1928
• Spongiocnizontidae Stock & Kleeton, 1964
• Stellicomitidae Humes & Cressey, 1958
• Tanypleuridae Kabata, 1969
• Trebiidae C. B. Wilson, 1905

Siphonostomatoida
Lernaeocera branchialis (Pennellidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Infraclass:	Neocopepoda
Superorder:	Podoplea
Order:	Siphonostomatoida Thorell, 1859