Driocephalus
| Driocephalus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Sphyriidae |
| Genus: | Driocephalus Raibaut, 1999 |
| Species: | D. cerebrinoxius |
| Binomial name | |
| Driocephalus cerebrinoxius (Diebakate, Raibaut & Kabata, 1997) | |
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Driocephalus is a monotypic genus of marine copepods in the family Sphyriidae. Its sole species, Driocephalus cerebrinoxius, is a parasite that inhabits the nasal cavity of certain shark species. It is the only species of copepod known to parasitise the brain of its host.