Lepeophtheirus septentrionalis Townsend, 1938 
AphiaID: 352778

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

Status		unaccepted (synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Lepeophtheirus parviventris Wilson C.B., 1905
Rank		Species
Parent		Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
Sources		original description: Townsend, L.D.. 1938. A new species of the genus Lepeophtheirus from the North Pacific. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)1:599-604, figs. 1-10. (vi-1938) [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1787) [details]
Link		To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:352778
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 14:41:49Z   created   Walter, T. Chad 2010-07-08 13:11:21Z   changed   Boxshall, Geoff
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		Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Lepeophtheirus septentrionalis Townsend, 1938. 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=352778 on 2013-05-24