Lernaeenicus sprattae
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Lernaeenicus sprattae is a species of copepod in the family Pennellidae. It is a parasite of the European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) and certain other fish and is sometimes known as the sprat eye-maggot.[3]
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Lernaeenicus sprattae | |
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Lernaeenicus sprattae on host European sprat | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Pennellidae |
Genus: | Lernaeenicus |
Species: | L. sprattae |
Binomial name | |
Lernaeenicus sprattae | |
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