Copepoda taxon details

Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850 
AphiaID: 135784

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Caligidae > Lepeophtheirus
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
Synonymised
taxa
  Caligus piscinus Guérin-Méneville, 1837 (Synonym according to van Beneden (1851) and numerous subsequent authors - see catalogue of Margolis et al., 1975)
Lepeophtheirus branchialis (of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) (synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
Lepeophtheirus gibbus Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
Lepeophtheirus gracilescens Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
Lepeophtheirus gracilis of Carus, 1885 (synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
Lepeophtheirus rhombi Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
Sources  from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Psetta maxima (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scophthalmus maximus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scophthalmus rhombus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 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; North Sea, western Baltic; western Mediterranean, Faroes [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135784
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850. 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=135784 on 2013-05-25