Eudactylina corrugata

Eudactylina corrugata is a species of parasitic copepod 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.[1]

Eudactylina corrugata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Hexanauplia
Subclass:
Copepoda
Order:
Siphonostomatoida
Family:
Eudactylinidae
Genus:
Eudactylina
Species:
E. corrugata
Binomial name
Eudactylina corrugata
Bere, 1930

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.[1] The species was described in 1930 by Ruby Bere.[2][3]

References
  1. Gregory B. Deets (1995). Copepod–chondrichthyan coevolution: a cladistic consideration (Ph.D. thesis). University of British Columbia. hdl:2429/8770.
  2. T. Chad Walter (2013). "Eudactylina corrugata Bere, 1930". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
  3. Ruby Bere (1930). "The parasitic copepods of the fish of the Passamaquoddy Region". Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries. 5 (1): 421–430. doi:10.1139/f30-013.


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