WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837)
AphiaID: 135776
AphiaID: 135776
| 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 hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837 (synonym) Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850 (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] from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (Walbaum, 1792) [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Arctic to Cape Cod [details] 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] Habitat: ectoparasite found on Hippoglossus hippoglossus and Reinhardtius hippoglossoides. bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135776 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (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=135776 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||
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