Archidactylina
Archidactylina is a genus of copepods that contains only the species Archidactylina myxinicola, and is the only genus in the family Archidactylinidae. It is a parasite of the gill pouches of two species of hagfish found in Japanese waters, Eptatretus okinoseanus and Myxine garmani.
| Archidactylina myxinicola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Archidactylinidae Izawa, 1996 |
| Genus: | Archidactylina Izawa, 1996 |
| Species: | A. myxinicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Archidactylina myxinicola Izawa, 1996 | |
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