Eudactylina corrugata is a species of parasitic copepod[2] found on the little skate (Leucoraja erinacea) and the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) that is only known from St. Andrews, New Brunswick and Woods Hole, Massachusetts.[3]

Eudactylina corrugata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Eudactylinidae
Genus: Eudactylina
Species:
E. corrugata
Binomial name
Eudactylina corrugata
Bere, 1930[1]

Eudactylina corrugata is only known from females. They are approximately 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in) long, and attach themselves to the secondary lamellae of the gills of their hosts using their chelate (clawed) maxillipeds.[3] The species was described in 1930 by Ruby Bere.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bere, Ruby (1930). "The parasitic copepods of the fish of the Passamaquoddy Region". Contributions to Canadian Biology and Fisheries. New Series. 5 (1): 421–430. doi:10.1139/f30-013.
  2. ^ a b Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2023). "Eudactylina corrugata Bere, 1930". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Deets, Gregory B. (1995). Copepod–chondrichthyan coevolution: a cladistic consideration (Ph.D. thesis). University of British Columbia. hdl:2429/8770.