Copepoda name details

Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837)

135782  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135782)

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Species
Caligus stroemii Baird, 1847 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Caligus vespa Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Laxe luus Ström, 1770 · unaccepted (A vernacular name but listed as a...)  
A vernacular name but listed as a synonym by Baird, 1850
Lepeophtheirus stroemii (Baird, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Northern hemisphere, all salmon inhabited waters  
Distribution Northern hemisphere, all salmon inhabited waters [details]

Distribution Northwestern Atlantic  
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135782 on 2024-03-19
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basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Ritchie, G., A.J. Mordue, A.W. Pike & G.H. Rae. (1996). Observations on mating and reproductive behaviour of Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Kroyer (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 201(1-2): 285-298. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Bron, J.E., C. Sommerville, M. Jones & G.H. Rae. (1991). The settlement and attachment of early stages of the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) on the salmon host, Salmo salar. Journal of Zoology, London 224:201-212, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-2. (12.vi.1991). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Fast, M.D. (2005). Host immunomodulation by Lepeophtheirus salmonis. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.</em> 246 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Gusev, A.V. (1951). Paraziticheskie Copepoda s nekotorykh morskikh ryb. Parasitic Copepoda of some marine fishes. <em>Parazitologica Papers of the Zoological Institute, Academia Nauk, USSR.</em> 13: 394-463, figs. 1-37. (Russian). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad 3(149):378-432. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Ho, J.S. & K. Nagasawa. (2001). Why infestation by Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidaae) is not a problem in the Coho salmon Farming industry in Japan. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(4):954-960 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Johannessen, A. (1978). Early stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda, Caligidae). Sarsia 63(3):169-176, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-4. (20-iv-1978) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Johnson, S.C. & L.J. Albright. (1991). The development stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1837) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69(4):929-950. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Johnson, S.C. & L.J. Albright. (1991). Development, growth, and survival of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae) under laboratory conditions. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 71(2):425-436, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-3. (v-1991) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Margolis, L. & B. Berland. (1984). A nomenclatural note concerning Binoculus salmoneus Müller, 1785 and Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1837) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Sarsia 69:219. (29-xii-1984) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Markevich, A.P. (1937). Copepoda parasitica prisnikh vod SRSR. Copepoda parasitica der Binnengewässer der USSR. Copepods parasitic on freshwater fishes of the USSR. <em>Institut Zoologii i Biologii, Akademiya Nauk Ukrainii SSR, Kiev.</em> :1-223, figs. 1-10, pls. 1-27. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. (Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR). <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Nylund, A., S. Okland & B. Bjorknes. (1992). Anatomy and ultrastructure of the alimentary canal in Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida). Journal of Crustacean Biology 12(3):423-437. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Ritchie, G. (1993). Studies on the reproductive biology of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1838) on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Aberdeen University, Faculty of Biological Science, Aberdeen.</em> 146 pp., available online at https://abdn.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/44ABE_INST:44ABE_VU1/12153447540005941 [details]   

additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Skern-Mauritzen, R., P. Frost, L.A. Hamre, H. Kongshaug & F. Nilsen. (2007). Molecular characterization and classification of a clip domain containing peptidase from the ectoparasite Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda, Crustacea). <em>Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.</em> 146(2):289-298., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.11.014 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Tjensvoll, K. (2006). Studies on the mitochondrial genome and rDNA genes from the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.</em> 61 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Johnson, S.C. (1991). The biology of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1837) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Ph.D. Thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. 310 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Harasimczuk, E., A.C. Øvergard, S. Grotmol, F. Nilsen & S. Dalvin. (2018). Characterization of three salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) genes with fibronectin II domains expressed by tegumental type 1 glands. <em>Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.</em> 219:1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2017.12.002 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Messmer, A.M. (2014). Evaluation of population structure in Pacific Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer) using polymorphic single nucleotide and microsatellite genetic markers: evidence for high gene flow among host species and habitats. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.</em> 116 pp., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/1828/5620 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Harðardóttir, H.M. (2021). Chitin synthesis in the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.</em> 80 pp. + Appendices I-III., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2759154 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Thompson, C.R.S. (2022). The salmon louse larval black box: evaluating fecundity and enumerating planktonic stages with an aquaculture management perspective. <em>Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.</em> 101 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2999964  [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution Northern hemisphere, all salmon inhabited waters [details]

From other sources
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]

Habitat ectoparasite found on Salmo salar and Salvelinus fontinalis [details]
LanguageName 
English salmon louse  [details]
German Lachslaus  [details]
Japanese サケジラミ  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål lakselus  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk lakselus  [details]