WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837)
AphiaID: 135782
AphiaID: 135782
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Lepeophtheirus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caligus pacificus Gissler, 1883 (synonymy) Caligus salmonis Krøyer, 1837 Caligus stroemii Baird, 1847 (synonymy) Caligus vespa Milne Edwards, 1840 (synonymy) Laxe luus Ström, 1765 (A vernacular name but listed as a synonym by Baird, 1850) Lepeophtheirus pacificus (Gissler, 1883) (synonym according to Kabata, 1979) Lepeophtheirus stroemii (Baird, 1847) (synonym) Lepeophtheirus uenoi Yamaguti, 1939 (synonymy) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Wilson, C.B.. 1932. The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. (16-viii-1932) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record (from synonym): Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North East Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] St. Lawrence Estuary [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acipenser transmontanus Richardson, 1836 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Belone belone (Linnaeus, 1761) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Leuciscus brandti (Dybowski, 1872) accepted as Tribolodon brandtii (Dybowski, 1872) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856) represented as Oncorhynchus masou masou (Brevoort, 1856) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Ophiodon elongatus Girard, 1854 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Parasalmo mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) accepted as Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pollachius virens (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salmo clarkii Richardson, 1836 accepted as Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii (Richardson, 1836) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salmo gairdneri Richardson, 1836 accepted as Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Salmo trutta trutta Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Salvelinus alpinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814) represented as Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis (Pallas, 1814) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sebastodes rubrivinctus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) accepted as Sebastes rubrivinctus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, 1877) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (423 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (335299 nucleotides; 4075 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic [details] Distribution: Northern hemisphere, all salmon inhabited waters [details] Habitat: ectoparasite found on Salmo salar and Salvelinus fontinalis [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135782 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135782 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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