Pseudocycnidae

Pseudocycnidae is a family of marine copepods in the order Siphonostomatoida.

Taxonomy and history

This grouping was first described by Charles Branch Wilson in 1922 as Pseudocycninae, a subfamily of Dichelesthiidae, though Wilson would later elevate the group to the rank of family in 1932.

Ecology

Members of this family are common parasites of marine teleosts, particularly fish in the family Scombridae.

Classification

This family includes the following genera:

• Cybicola <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small>
• Pseudocycnus <small>Heller, 1865</small>

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