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Lepeophtheirus sekii Yamaguti, 1936 
AphiaID: 352776

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, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthopagrus australis (Günther, 1859) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) accepted as Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:352776
Taxonomic
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Lepeophtheirus sekii Yamaguti, 1936. 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=352776 on 2013-05-18
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