Misplaced Pages

Acanthochondria limandae
Female Acanthochondria limandae attached to Limanda limanda. The two white cylindrical objects are its egg sacs.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Cyclopoida
Family:	Chondracanthidae
Genus:	Acanthochondria
Species:	A. limandae
Binomial name
Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863)
Synonyms
Chondracanthus limandae Krøyer, 1863

Acanthochondria limandae is a species of copepods in the family Chondracanthidae. They are host-specific ectoparasites of two species of flatfish: the common dab (Limanda limanda) and the European flounder (Platichthys flesus). They attach themselves to the bases of the gill arches of their hosts. They can infest as much as 2 to 30% of fish in a given population.

Acanthochondria limandae was first described by the Danish zoologist Henrik Nikolai Krøyer in 1863 as Chondracanthus limandae.

References

1. ^ Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2024). "Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863)". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
2. Kabata, Z. (1959). "Ecology of the genus Acanthochondria Oakley (Copepod, Parasitica)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 38 (2): 249–261. Bibcode:1959JMBUK..38..249K. doi:10.1017/s0025315400006056.

This copepod-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Cyclopoida
• Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
• Parasitic crustaceans
• Ectoparasites
• Animal parasites of fish
• Taxa named by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer
• Crustaceans described in 1863
• Copepod stubs