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Ommatokoita elongata

Synonyms: Lernaea elongata; Lernaeopoda elongata; Ommatokoita superba

Wikipedia Abstract

Ommatokoita elongata is a 30 mm (1.2 in) long pinkish-white parasitic copepod, frequently found permanently attached to the corneas of the Greenland shark and Pacific sleeper shark. The parasites cause severe visual impairment, but it is thought that the sharks do not rely on keen eyesight for their survival. It is the only species in the genus Ommatokoita.
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Providers

Parasite of 
Somniosus microcephalus (gray shark)[1]
Somniosus pacificus (Pacific Sleeper Shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Somniosus microcephalus (gray shark)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0