Cryptopontius capitalis is a species of copepods in the family Artotrogidae from the North Atlantic Ocean. It is an ectoparasitic on the sponges Crella (Crella) elegans, Oscarella lobularis and Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis.
Cryptopontius capitalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Artotrogidae |
Genus: | Cryptopontius |
Species: | C. capitalis
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Binomial name | |
Cryptopontius capitalis (Giesbrecht, 1895)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Dyspontius capitalis Giesbrecht, 1895 |
References
edit- ^ The subfamilies, genera, and species of the copepod family Ascomyzontidæ, Thorell: Diagnosis, synonymy, and distribution. W Giesbrecht - Journal of Natural History, 1895
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