WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837)
135776 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135776)
accepted
Species
Caligus hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Kabata, 1979)
Caligus obscurus Bassett-Smith, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym, according to...)
synonym, according to Bassett-Smith, 1899
Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850 · unaccepted (synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caligus hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details] 
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland; Brents Sea; Atlantic coast of North America as far south as...
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland; Brents Sea; Atlantic coast of North America as far south as Massachusetts; Bering Sea [details]
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135776 on 2026-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caligus hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details]
original description (of Caligus obscurus Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). A list of the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 4:153-163. (ii-1896), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400060380 [details]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850) Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caligus obscurus Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). A list of the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 4:153-163. (ii-1896), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400060380 [details]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850) Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
additional source Douglas, P.J. (2001). Studies on Entobdella hippoglossi (Muller, 1776) (Monogenea) and Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Kroyer, 1837) (Copepoda): ectoparasites of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L., 1758). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, U.K.</em> 245 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tocher, J.A., J.R. Dick, J.E. Bron, A.P. Shinn & D.R. Tocher. (2010). Lipid and fatty acid composition of parasitic caligid copepods belonging to the genus Lepeophtheirus. <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</em> 156(2):107-114., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.02.010 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North Atlantiс. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
additional source Douglas, P.J. (2001). Studies on Entobdella hippoglossi (Muller, 1776) (Monogenea) and Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Kroyer, 1837) (Copepoda): ectoparasites of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L., 1758). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, U.K.</em> 245 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tocher, J.A., J.R. Dick, J.E. Bron, A.P. Shinn & D.R. Tocher. (2010). Lipid and fatty acid composition of parasitic caligid copepods belonging to the genus Lepeophtheirus. <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</em> 156(2):107-114., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.02.010 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North Atlantiс. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland; Brents Sea; Atlantic coast of North America as far south as Massachusetts; Bering Sea [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]Habitat ectoparasite found on Hippoglossus hippoglossus and Reinhardtius hippoglossoides. bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
