Collocheres elegans

Collocheres elegans

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Siphonostomatoida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Copepoda
Infraclassis: Neocopepoda
Superordo: Podoplea
Ordo: Siphonostomatoida

Familia: Asterocheridae
Genus: Collocheres
Species: Collocheres elegans

Name

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Collocheres elegans Scott A., 1896

Synonym: Leptomyzon elegans (Scott A., 1896)

Distribution

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Europe

  • Great Britain
    • Scotland (Firth of Clyde)
  • Norway

Type host: Ophiocomina nigra (Echinodermata)

References

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  • Scott A., 1896. Section IV. Description of new and rare Copepoda. Report on the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratory at the University of Liverpool, and the Sea-Fish Hatchery at Piel (BHL)., page: 52, pl. V, figs. 6-15.
  • Gorzula S., 1978. Collocheres elegans, a cyclostome copepod infesting Ophiocomina nigra in the Firth of Clyde. Western Naturalist, 7: 67-77.
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