Chondracanthus merluccii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Cyclopoida |
Family: | Chondracanthidae |
Genus: | Chondracanthus |
Species: | C. merluccii
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Binomial name | |
Chondracanthus merluccii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Chondracanthus merluccii is a species of copepod in the family Chondracanthidae. It is a host-specific ectoparasite of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius). It was first described in 1802 by the Danish zoologist Hans Severin Holten who named it Lernaea merluccii. [1]
Both adult females and adult males cling onto the lining of the floor of the mouth and onto the gills of the host fish. [2]
Chondracanthus merluccii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Cyclopoida |
Family: | Chondracanthidae |
Genus: | Chondracanthus |
Species: | C. merluccii
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Binomial name | |
Chondracanthus merluccii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Chondracanthus merluccii is a species of copepod in the family Chondracanthidae. It is a host-specific ectoparasite of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius). It was first described in 1802 by the Danish zoologist Hans Severin Holten who named it Lernaea merluccii. [1]
Both adult females and adult males cling onto the lining of the floor of the mouth and onto the gills of the host fish. [2]