Traits taxon details
Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850
135784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135784)
accepted
Species
Caligus branchialis of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
Caligus gracilis Beneden, 1851 · unaccepted
Lepeophtheirus branchialis (of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) · unaccepted (synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135784 on 2025-06-03
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135784 on 2025-06-03
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original description
Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
original description (of Caligus branchialis of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details]
original description (of Caligus gracilis Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. [Research on some lower Crustaceans.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (3)16:71-131, pls. 2-6. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Brian, A. (1906). Descrizione di un Copepode parassita del pesce Rombo (Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird). [Description of a parasitic copepod of the turbot (Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird).]. <em>Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Sienna.</em> 26(11-12):125-127. (xi/xii-1906). [details]
additional source De Meeüs, T., A. Raibaut & F. Renaud. (1993). Speciation and specificity in parasitic copepods: caligids of the genus Lepeophtheirus, parasites of flatfishes in the Mediterranean. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice. Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc.,1-378.</em> :143-150. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Meeüs, T., A. Raibaut & F. Renaud. (1993). Comparative life history of two species of sea lice. In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice. Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc.,1-378. :61-67. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Meeüs, T., F. Renaud & C. Gabrion. (1990). A model for studying isolation mechanisms in parasite populations: the genus Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 245(2):207-214. [details] Available for editors
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1945). Some parasitic copepods from fishes in the Uppsala University collections. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)35(18):1-27, figs. 1-54. (17-i-1945) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
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
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]
additional source Zeddam, J.L., P. Berrebi, F. Renaud, A. Raibaud & C. Gabrion. (1988). Characterization of two species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae) from flatfishes. Description of Lepeophtheirus europaensis sp. nov. Parasitology, Cambridge 96(1):129-144. [details] Available for editors
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
original description (of Caligus branchialis of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details]
original description (of Caligus gracilis Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. [Research on some lower Crustaceans.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (3)16:71-131, pls. 2-6. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Brian, A. (1906). Descrizione di un Copepode parassita del pesce Rombo (Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird). [Description of a parasitic copepod of the turbot (Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird).]. <em>Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, Sienna.</em> 26(11-12):125-127. (xi/xii-1906). [details]
additional source De Meeüs, T., A. Raibaut & F. Renaud. (1993). Speciation and specificity in parasitic copepods: caligids of the genus Lepeophtheirus, parasites of flatfishes in the Mediterranean. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice. Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc.,1-378.</em> :143-150. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Meeüs, T., A. Raibaut & F. Renaud. (1993). Comparative life history of two species of sea lice. In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice. Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc.,1-378. :61-67. [details] Available for editors
additional source De Meeüs, T., F. Renaud & C. Gabrion. (1990). A model for studying isolation mechanisms in parasite populations: the genus Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 245(2):207-214. [details] Available for editors
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1945). Some parasitic copepods from fishes in the Uppsala University collections. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)35(18):1-27, figs. 1-54. (17-i-1945) [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
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
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]
additional source Zeddam, J.L., P. Berrebi, F. Renaud, A. Raibaud & C. Gabrion. (1988). Characterization of two species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae) from flatfishes. Description of Lepeophtheirus europaensis sp. nov. Parasitology, Cambridge 96(1):129-144. [details] Available for editors
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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus thompsoni)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus thompsoni)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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