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Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964 
AphiaID: 364832

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Dentigryps (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (name preoccupied on transfer from Dentigryps to Lepeophtheirus, replaced by Hewitt, 1971)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Lepeophtheirus lewisi Hewitt, 1971
Rank Species
Parent Dentigryps Wilson C.B., 1913 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
Source  source of synonymy: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthurus olivaceus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis Streets, 1877 accepted as Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacepède, 1801) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Chaetodon fremblii Bennett, 1828 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:364832
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-08-06 09:42:48Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
2013-02-08 15:26:08Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964. In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (2013). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=364832 on 2013-05-24
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