Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lesser Spotted Dogfish)

Interactions where Scyliorhinus canicula is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
skin (dorsal fin) Minor skin (dorsal fin) is ectoparasitised by fluke Leptocotyle minor a fluke Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Monogenea/Leptocotyle minor/Leptocotyle minora flukefluke Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Scyliorhinidae/Scyliorhinus canicula/Scyliorhinus caniculalesser spotted dogfishskin (dorsal fin) fluke ectoparasitises skin (dorsal fin)
skin (head) Major skin (head) is ectoparasitised by fluke Leptocotyle minor a fluke Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Monogenea/Leptocotyle minor/Leptocotyle minora flukefluke Animal / parasite / ectoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Scyliorhinidae/Scyliorhinus canicula/Scyliorhinus caniculalesser spotted dogfishskin (head) fluke ectoparasitises skin (head)

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser Spotted Dogfish) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScyliorhinus canicula (Lesser Spotted Dogfish)
FamilySCYLIORHINIDAE (dogfishes and cat sharks, catsharks)
OrderCARCHARHINIFORMES (dogfish and false sharks)
SuperorderGALEOMORPHI (a superorder of cartilaginous fishes)
InfraclassSelachii
SubclassNEOSELACHII (a subclass of cartilaginous fishes)
ClassELASMOBRANCHII (sharks and rays)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser Spotted Dogfish)

Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser Spotted Dogfish) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser Spotted Dogfish):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser Spotted Dogfish)
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