Siphonostomatoida is an order of copepods, containing around 75% of all the copepods that parasitise fishes. Their success has been linked to their possession of siphon-like mandibles and of a `frontal filament` to aid attachment to their hosts. Most are marine, but a few live in fresh water. There are 39 recognised families: ...
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(from the article `crustacean`) ...of fish and invertebrates; mouth not tubelike or suckerlike; mandibles reduced; adult segmentation often reduced or lost; mostly marine, few ...
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