Chondracanthus merluccii
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| Chondracanthus merluccii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Chondracanthidae |
| Genus: | Chondracanthus |
| Species: | C. merluccii |
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| Chondracanthus merluccii | |
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Chondracanthus merluccii is a species of copepod in the family Chondracanthidae. It is a host-specific ectoparasite of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius). It was first described in 1802 by the Danish zoologist Hans Severin Holten who named it Lernaea merluccii.[1]