Collocheres elegans is a species of copepod in the family Asterocheridae. It is found in the British Isles and West Norway.
Collocheres elegans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Asterocheridae |
Genus: | Collocheres |
Species: | C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Collocheres elegans A. Scott, 1896[1]
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Synonyms | |
Leptomyzon elegans (Scott A., 1896) |
It is infesting Ophiocomina nigra, the black brittle star, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.[2]
References
editExternal links
edit- "Collocheres elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Collocheres elegans at insectoid.info
- Collocheres elegans at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)