Species of crustacean
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]
Ecology
Both adult females and adult males cling onto the lining of the floor of the mouth and onto the gills of the host fish.[2]
References
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Chondracanthus merluccii | |
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Lernaea merluccii | |
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