Biology:Asterocheres lilljeborgi

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Short description: Species of crustacean


Asterocheres lilljeborgi
Scientific classification
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Asterocheridae
Genus:
Asterocheres
Species:
A. lilljeborgi
Binomial name
Asterocheres lilljeborgi
Boeck, 1859[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Ascomyzon asterocheres Sars G.O., 1915
  • Asterocheres asterocheres (Sars G.O., 1915)

Asterocheres lilljeborgi is a species of copepod in the family Asterocheridae. It is found in the British Isles and Scandinavia where it is a semi-parasite of starfish. First described as Asterocheres lilljeborgi in 1859 by the Norwegian marine biologist Jonas Axel Boeck,[1] it is the type species of the genus.[2]

Distribution

The species is found in west and south Norway, south-western Sweden, the Skagerrak, the North Sea, around the coasts of England and northern France as well as the Davis Strait, the Aleutian Islands and Alaska.[1]

Ecology

A. lilljeborgi is associated with starfish, such as the bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata) or the blood star (Henricia sanguinolenta).[3] Some 90% of the starfish examined were parasitised.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10420721 entry