WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus polyprioni Hewitt, 1963
AphiaID: 352770
AphiaID: 352770
| 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: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] additional source: Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Wells, J.B. J.; Ho, J. (2009). Copepoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | |||||||
| Distribution | New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider, 1801) [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:352770 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Lepeophtheirus polyprioni Hewitt, 1963. 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=352770 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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