Collocheres elegans is a species of copepod in the family Asterocheridae. It is found in the British Isles and West Norway.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Asterocheridae |
| Genus: | Collocheres |
| Species: | C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Collocheres elegans A. Scott, 1896[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Leptomyzon elegans (Scott A., 1896) | |
It is infesting Ophiocomina nigra, the black brittle star, in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.[2]
References
editExternal links
edit- "Collocheres elegans". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Collocheres elegans at insectoid.info
- Collocheres elegans at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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