Lernaeenicus sprattae

Lernaeenicus sprattae
Lernaeenicus sprattae on host European sprat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Lernaeenicus
Species:
L. sprattae
Binomial name
Lernaeenicus sprattae
(Sowerby, 1806)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lernaea spratta Sowerby, 1806[2]
  • 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.[3]

  1. ^ a b Boxshall, Geoff (2018). "Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sowerby 1806 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Schram, Thomas A. (1979). "The life history of the eye-maggot of the sprat, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby) (Copepoda, Lernaeoceridae)". Sarsia. 64 (4): 279–316. doi:10.1080/00364827.1979.10411388.