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Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776)

Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776)
Description: A parasitical copepod from underneath the pectoral fin of a Flounder (Platichthys flesus (L.)), from the Belgian part of the North Sea (Hinder Banks).
Length approx. 7 mm.

17 March 2010

Author: Hillewaert, Hans
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Copepoda Taxa on this image:
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776)

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