WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus edwardsi Wilson C.B., 1905
AphiaID: 157782
AphiaID: 157782
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: 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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Paralichthys adspersus (Steindachner, 1867) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Paralichthys microps (Günther, 1881) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod [details] Habitat: parasitic species (host: e.g. Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Winter flounder) [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157782 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Lepeophtheirus edwardsi Wilson C.B., 1905. 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=157782 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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