Clavellisa cordata (lat.) Is a species of ectoparasitic copepods from the family Lernaeopodidae . They live in sea , brackish and fresh water, in the Gulf of Maine and the northwest Atlantic [1] . Parasites on gills [2] of various herring fish, including blue-backed fish, American shad , serospinos and Atlantic herring [1] .
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Species of Clavellisa cordata (English) in the World Register of Marine Species .
- ↑ Gray, C. L. Alwife (Alosa pseudoharengus) Species Profile 45 pp . - 1991. - P. 1-45 .