[Bradophilidae fam. n.--a new family of mesoparasitic copepod (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida), collected from the polychaete Brada villosa from the Beloe more].

The Bradophila pigmaea Levinsen, 1878 is redescribed on the basis of new material collected firstly after original description. The new family Bradophilidae belonging to order Poecilostomatoida is erected on the basis the genus Bradophila. The male of Bradophyla pigmaea is described in detail at firstly.