The poecilostome lineage lies within the order Cyclopoida (Khodami et al., 2017), and most families formerly included in Poecilostomatoida are now included in the suborder Ergasilida (Khodami et al., 2019).
Khodami, S., N.F. Mercado-Salas, D. Tang & P. Martinez Arbizu. (2019). Molecular evidence for the retention of the Thaumatopsyllidae in the order Cyclopoida (Copepoda) and establishment of four suborders and two families within the Cyclopoida. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 138:43-52., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.019[details] Available for editors [request]
Copepoda (2024). Ergasilida. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1381349 on 2025-02-12
original descriptionKhodami, S., N.F. Mercado-Salas, D. Tang & P. Martinez Arbizu. (2019). Molecular evidence for the retention of the Thaumatopsyllidae in the order Cyclopoida (Copepoda) and establishment of four suborders and two families within the Cyclopoida. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 138:43-52., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.019[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofPoecilostomatoida)Thorell, T. (1859). Till kännedomen om vissa parasitiskt lefvande Entomostraceer. [To the knowledge of certain parasitic Entomostracans.]. <em>Öfversigt af Konglige Vetenskaps-Akademiens förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 16(8):335-362.[details]
original description(ofPhilichthyidea)Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofAndreinidea)Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofSarcotacidea)Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.[details] Available for editors [request]