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Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956 
AphiaID: 352768

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
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Rank Species
Parent Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
Source  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Epinephelus kohleri Schultz, 1953 accepted as Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Epinephelus megachir (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:352768
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956. 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=352768 on 2013-05-19
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