WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus lewisi Hewitt, 1971
718866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718866)
accepted
Species
Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964 · unaccepted (name preoccupied on transfer from...)
name preoccupied on transfer from Dentigryps to Lepeophtheirus, replaced by Hewitt, 1971
marine
Hewitt, G.C. (1971). Species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae) recorded from the ocean sunfish (Mola mola) and their implications for the caligid genus Dentigryps. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28(3):323-334, figs. 1-37, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus lewisi Hewitt, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718866 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Hewitt, G.C. (1971). Species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae) recorded from the ocean sunfish (Mola mola) and their implications for the caligid genus Dentigryps. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28(3):323-334, figs. 1-37, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964) Lewis, A.G. (1964). Caligoid copepods (Crustacea) of the Hawaiian islands: parasitic on fishes of the family Acanthuridae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(3482):137-244, figs. 1-23. (28-ii-1964) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964) Lewis, A.G. (1964). Caligoid copepods (Crustacea) of the Hawaiian islands: parasitic on fishes of the family Acanthuridae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(3482):137-244, figs. 1-23. (28-ii-1964) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records) (from synonym Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 105094) (from synonym Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records) (from synonym Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 105094) (from synonym Dentigryps bifurcatus Lewis A.G., 1964)
