Classification of a body form of parasitic copepods.

The following classification of body form typical for parasitic copepods which could be useful when compiling the determinants describing supraspecific taxon was proposed. The cyclopoid body form for the families Bomolochidae, Taeniacanthidae, Ergasilidae, Myicolidae, Tegabomolochidae, Telsidae and Grandiunguidae; caligoid body form for Caligidae, Pandaridae, Euryphoridae, Cecropidae, Scienophilidae, Trebiidae and Dissonidae; eudactyloid body form for Eudactylinidae, Hatschekiidae and Pseudocynidae; the chondracanthoid body form for Hyponeoidae, Shiinoidae, Pharoidae and some Chondracanthidae; the lernanthropoid body form for Lernanthropidae and Anthosomatidae; the lernaeopodidoid body form for Lernaeopodidae and Naobranchiidae; the sphyriioid body form for Sphyriidae, Lernaeidae, Pennellidae and some Chondracanthidae; the philichthyioid body form for Philichthyidae are discussed.