WoRMS taxon details
original description
Carrasco, N.; Hine, P. M.; Durfort, M.; Andree, K. B.; Malchus, N.; Lacuesta, B.; González, M.; Roque, A.; Rodgers, C.; Furones, M. D. (2013). Marteilia cochillia sp. nov., a new Marteilia species affecting the edible cockle Cerastoderma edule in European waters. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 412-413: 223-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.07.027 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology the species epithet refers to the Greek (“konchulion”, from “konche”) and Latin (“conchylium”) roots of the vernacular name of the host species C. edule from which the parasite has been described for the first time: cockle (English), coque (French), and catxel (Catalan). [details]
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