Cancerilla oblonga Bartsch, 1975
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last (and only) record: 1975 or before [type specimen] (Bartsch, 1975)
Rediscovered in: 2015 (MacKinnon et al., 2016)
Distribution
Luderitz Bay, Namibia & Cape Town, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
A parasitic species, whose only reported host species so far is the brittlestar Amphiura capensis (Bartsch, 1975; MacKinnon et al., 2016)
Hypodigm
Holotype: female
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bartsch, I. (1975). Cancerilla oblonga n.sp., ein cyclopoider copepode auf Amphiura capensis Ljungman (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata). Crustaceana 29(3): 290294. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854075X00333
Other references:
MacKinnon, Rebecca B., Landschoff, Jannes and Griffiths, Charles L. (2016). Rediscovery and first South African records of the parasitic copepod Cancerilla oblonga Bartsch, 1975 (Crustacea, Cancerillidae). African Invertebrates 57(2): 105-109. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.57.9775
Walter, T. C. and Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Cancerilla oblonga Bartsch, 1975. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349791 on 2025-05-13
Walter, T. C. and Boxshall, G. (2023). World of Copepods Database. Cancerilla oblonga Bartsch, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349791 on 2023-03-11
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