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Archidactylina

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Archidactylina myxinicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Archidactylinidae
Izawa, 1996 [1]
Genus: Archidactylina
Izawa, 1996
Species:
A. myxinicola
Binomial name
Archidactylina myxinicola
Izawa, 1996

Archidactylina is a genus of copepods that contains only the species Archidactylina myxinicola, and is the only genus in the family Archidactylinidae. It is a parasite of the gill pouches of two species of hagfish found in Japanese waters, Eptatretus okinoseanus and Myxine garmani.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2015). "Archidactylinidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  2. ^ Boxshall, G. A.; Halsey, S. H. (2004). An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. The Ray Society. pp. 707–709.
  3. ^ Izawa, K. (1996). "Archidactylina myxinicola, new genus, new species (Siphonostomatoida), in a new family of Copepoda parasitic on hagfishes (Agnatha: Myxiniformes) from Japan". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 16 (2): 406–417. doi:10.1163/193724096X00199.