Collocheres elegans

Collocheres elegans

Taxonavigation

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

Collocheres elegans Scott A., 1896

Synonym: Leptomyzon elegans (Scott A., 1896)

Distribution

Europe

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

Type host: Ophiocomina nigra (Echinodermata)

References

• 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.

Links

• Collocheres elegans – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Collocheres elegans – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Collocheres elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
• Collocheres elegans in the World Register of Marine Species

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