Acantholochus
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Acantholochus is a genus of parasitic copepods belonging to the family Bomolochidae. Members of this genus can be distinguished from other bomolochids by the presence of hooks on the rostrum, heavily sclerotized spines on the third exopod and the lack of modified setae on the antennule.
[edit] Species
Species include:
- A. asperatus
- A. crevalleus
- A. divaricatus
- A. galeichthyos
- A. haemulonis
- A. nasus
- A. nudiusculus
- A. paralabracis
- A. unisagittatus
[edit] References
- World of copepods
- Luiz ER Tavares & José L Luque (2003). A New Species of Acantholochus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) Parasitic on Centropomus undecimalis (Osteichthyes: Centropomidae) from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98: 241–245.
