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Pandarus (genus)
''Pandarus'' is a genus of marine copepods. Species of ''Pandarus'' are parasitic to various species of sharks. Classification There are fourteen recognized species, including: * ''Pandarus bicolor'' Leach, 1816 * ''Pandarus carcharhini'' Ho, 1963 * ''Pandarus cranchii'' Leach, 1819 * ''Pandarus echinifer'' Dippenaar, 2024 * ''Pandarus floridanus'' Cressey, 1967 * ''Pandarus katoi'' Cressey, 1967 * ''Pandarus niger'' Kirtisinghe, 1950 * ''Pandarus satyrus'' Dana, 1849-1852 * ''Pandarus sinuatus'' Say, 1818 * ''Pandarus smithii'' Rathbun, 1886 * ''Pandarus zygaenae'' Brady, 1883 References Copepod genera Siphonostomatoida Animal parasites of fish Taxa named by William Elford Leach Taxa described in 1816 {{Copepod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach Royal Society, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Life and work Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth, the son of an attorney. At the age of twelve he began a medical apprenticeship at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devonshire and Exeter Hospital, studying anatomy and chemistry. By this time he was already collecting marine animals from Plymouth Sound and along the Devon coast. At seventeen he began studying medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, finishing his training at the University of Edinburgh before graduating Doctor of Medicine, MD from the University of St Andrews (where he had never studied). From 1813 Leach concentrated on his zoological interests and was employed as an 'Assistant Librarian' (what would later be called Assistant Keeper) in the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Department of the British Museum, where he had responsibility for the zoological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
