Bibliographic index on aquatic biodiversity of Chile Copepoda Crustacea parasitic on marine fishes of Chile Indice bibliografico sobre biodiversidad acuatica de Chile copepodos Crustacea parasitos sobre peces marinos de Chile
Castro, R., R.E.
Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar 261: 99-103
2003
Document Number: 262030
Copepods, besides of the free living species include both, ectoparasites and mesoparasites on fishes. Their host diversity ranges from elasmobranchs to teleostean fishes. The species from the genus Pennella Oken, 1816, can be parasitic on both, teleostean fishes and cetaceans. Many of these parasites have a wide range of geographic distribution, while others have been reported only from the Chilean coast, depending on their host distributional range. The checklist of references includes only studies on systematic, taxonomy and biogeography of Poecilostomatoida and Siphonostomatoida published since 1863 to 2001. Only marine species from the continental and insular Chile are included.