Eudactylina corrugata is a species of parasitic copepod[2] found on the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) and the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) that is only known from St. Andrews, New Brunswick and Woods Hole, Massachusetts.[3]
| Eudactylina corrugata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Eudactylinidae |
| Genus: | Eudactylina |
| Species: | E. corrugata
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| Binomial name | |
| Eudactylina corrugata Bere, 1930[1]
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Eudactylina corrugata is only known from females. They are approximately 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in) long, and attach themselves to the secondary lamellae of the gills of their hosts using their chelate (clawed) maxillipeds.[3] The species was described in 1930 by Ruby Bere.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b Bere, Ruby (1930). "The parasitic copepods of the fish of the Passamaquoddy Region". Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries. New Series. 5 (1): 421–430. doi:10.1139/f30-013.
- ^ a b Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2023). "Eudactylina corrugata Bere, 1930". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ a b Deets, Gregory B. (1995). Copepod–chondrichthyan coevolution: a cladistic consideration (Ph.D. thesis). University of British Columbia. hdl:2429/8770.
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