Copepod – Fish Parasite

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Name:
Copepod – Fish Parasite

Scientific Name:
Anthosoma crassum

Reference Number:
LLH-434

Product Code: 7492

Description

Phylum Crustacea; Class Maxilopoda; Subclass Copepoda; Order Siphonostomatoida; Family Dichelesthiidae - Female Copepod with paired filiform egg sacs extruding from its genital region; these Copepod Fish Parasites were parasitizing Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus caught west of Hillarys Boat Harbour, Perth / Western Australia - Distribution in Australia: Circum Australia in Indian & Pacific Oceans - Also elsewhere in Indian & Pacific Oceans, in North & South Atlantic and in Mediterranean Sea

Additional Details

Reference Number:	LLH-434
Scientific Name:	Anthosoma crassum
Image Order:	100