WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850
AphiaID: 135784
AphiaID: 135784
| 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 piscinus Guérin-Méneville, 1837 (Synonym according to van Beneden (1851) and numerous subsequent authors - see catalogue of Margolis et al., 1975) Lepeophtheirus branchialis (of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) (synonym according to Kabata, 1979) Lepeophtheirus gibbus Krøyer, 1863 (synonym) Lepeophtheirus gracilescens Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Kabata, 1979) Lepeophtheirus gracilis of Carus, 1885 (synonym according to Kabata, 1979) Lepeophtheirus rhombi Krøyer, 1863 (synonym) | |||||||
| 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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Distribution: British Isles; North Sea, western Baltic; western Mediterranean, Faroes [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135784 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850. 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=135784 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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