Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
(Herring)

Interactions where Clupea harengus 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
is endoparasitised by cercaria Cryptocotyle lingua a fluke Plagiorchiida: Heterophyidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Platyhelminthes/Trematoda/Plagiorchiida/Heterophyidae/Cryptocotyle lingua/Cryptocotyle linguaa flukecercaria Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Clupeiformes/Clupeidae/Clupea harengus/Clupea harengusherring cercaria endoparasitises
muscle muscle may be infected by Icthyophonus hoferi a chytrid Chytridiales A fishy story, Watling, R., 1971
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Icthyophonus hoferi/Icthyophonus hoferia chytrid Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Clupeiformes/Clupeidae/Clupea harengus/Clupea harengusherringmuscle infects muscle

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.
Watling, R., 1971A fishy storyBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 05 (1): 31.

Clupea harengus (Herring) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClupea harengus (Herring)
FamilyCLUPEIDAE (herrings and shads)
OrderCLUPEIFORMES (herrings)
SuperorderCLUPEOMORPHA (herrings)
InfraclassTeleostei (teleost fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
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 Clupea harengus (Herring)

Clupea harengus (Herring) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clupea harengus (Herring):

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