Lernaeocera branchialis sometimes called cod worm is a parasite of marine fish found mainly in the North Atlantic. It is a marine copepod which starts life as a small pelagic crustacean larvae. It is among the largest of copepods ranging in size from 2–3 millimetres when it matures as a copepodid larva to more than 40 millimetres (1.6 in) as an adult.Lernaeocera branchialis is ectoparasitic which means it is a parasite that lives primarily on the surface of its hosts.
*Lernaea branchialis (Linnaeus 1767), *Lernaea gobina (O. F. Müller 1776), *Lernaea lumpi (T. Scott 1901), *Lernaeocera lumpi (T. Scott 1901), *Lernaeocera megacephala (A. Scott 1929), *Lernaeocera obtusa (Kabata 1957), *Lernaeocera wilsoni (J. H. Schuurmans Stekhoven Jr. 1936)
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