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Eudactylina

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Eudactylina
1: Eudactylina acuta; 2, 3: Eudactylina acanthii; 4, 5: Eudactylina similis; 6, 7: Eudactylina minuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Eudactylinidae
Genus: Eudactylina
van Beneden, 1853
Type species
Eudactylina acuta
van Beneden, 1853

Eudactylina is a genus of copepods.[1] They parasitise elasmobranch fishes.[2]

Species

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Eudactylina contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eudactylina Van Beneden, 1853". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ Izawa, Kunihiko (2011). "Five new species of Eudactylina van Beneden, 1853 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Eudactylinidae) parasitic on Japanese elasmobranchs". Crustaceana. 84 (12/13): 1605–1634. doi:10.1163/156854011X605792. JSTOR 23065241.