Lernaeenicus sprattae

Lernaeenicus sprattae
Lernaeenicus sprattae on host European sprat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Lernaeenicus
Species:
L. sprattae
Binomial name
Lernaeenicus sprattae
(Sowerby, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Lernaea spratta Sowerby, 1806
  • Foroculum spratti Thompson W., 1844
  • Lernaea cyclophora Blainville, 1822
  • Lernaea ocularis Cuvier, 1830
  • Lernaea surrirensis (Blainville, 1823)
  • Lernaeenicus bairdii (Salter, 1850)
  • Lernaeenicus monillaris (Milne Edwards, 1840)
  • Lernaeenicus sardinae Baudouin, 1904
  • Lernaeenicus spratta
  • Lernaeocera surriraiis Blainville, 1822
  • Lernaeonema bairdii Salter, 1850
  • Lernaeonema monillaris Milne Edwards, 1840
  • Lernaeonema spratta (Sowerby, 1806)

Lernaeenicus sprattae is a species of copepod in the family Pennellidae. It is a parasite of the European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) and certain other fish and is sometimes known as the sprat eye-maggot.

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