Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) 
AphiaID: 135779

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Caligidae > Lepeophtheirus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
Synonymised taxa		Caligus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonymy) Lernaea pectoralis Müller O.F., 1776 (synonymy)
Sources		original description: Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13268 [details] [full text] from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Anarhichas lupus Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Asterias rubens Murdoch, 1885 accepted as Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Callionymus lyra Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Conger conger (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Liopsetta glacialis (Pallas, 1776) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pleuronectes flesus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pleuronectes limanda Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Limanda limanda (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pleuronectes limandoides Bloch, 1787 accepted as Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Raja radiata Donovan, 1808 accepted as Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Zeus faber Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS
Note		Distribution: British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland and White Sea. [details]
Image		Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135779
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Boxshall, Geoff 2008-08-06 13:32:15Z   changed   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135779 on 2013-05-21