Collocheres elegans
Collocheres elegans is a species of copepod in the family Asterocheridae. It is found in the British Isles and West Norway.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Asterocheridae |
| Genus: | Collocheres |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Collocheres elegans A. Scott, 1896[1] | |
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Leptomyzon elegans (Scott A., 1896) | |
It is infesting Ophiocomina nigra, the black brittle star, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.[2]
References
- A. Scott, Report for 1895 of the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Laboratorium p. 52, Pl. V, figs. 6—15.
- Collocheres elegans, a cyclostome copepod infesting Ophiocomina nigra in the Firth of Clyde. S Gorzula - Western Naturalist, 1978
External links
- "Collocheres elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Collocheres elegans at insectoid.info
- Collocheres elegans at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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