Chondracanthidae

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Acanthochondria limandae on Limanda limanda.jpg
© Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Parasitical copepod on Dab (Limanda limanda), from the Belgian coastal waters (Oostdyck).
Identification is based on the host (often host specificity) and the form and relative size of the egg sacs as well as on the structure of the piercing parts.
Acanthochondria cornuta on flounder.jpg
© Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0
Specimen of the parasitical copepod Acanthochondria cornuta on the operculum, next to the gills of a European flounder (Platichthys flesus), from the Belgian coastal waters (East of Zeebrugge). Length of each egg sack approx. 4 mm.