WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus pollachius Bassett-Smith, 1896
135780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135780)
accepted
Species
Lepeophtheirus innominatus Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lepeophtheirus pollachii Bassett-Smith, 1896 · unaccepted (mis-spelling by Markevitch 1956)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). Notes on the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18:8-16, pls. 3-6. (vii-1896), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939608680404 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus pollachius Bassett-Smith, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135780 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). Notes on the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18:8-16, pls. 3-6. (vii-1896), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939608680404 [details]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus pollachii Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). A list of the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 4:153-163. (ii-1896), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400060380 [details]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus innominatus Wilson C.B., 1905) 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [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]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus pollachii Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). A list of the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 4:153-163. (ii-1896), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400060380 [details]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus innominatus Wilson C.B., 1905) 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [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]
Other
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 
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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 [request]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North AtlantiŃ. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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
[request]additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
additional source Zubchenko, A.V. (1993). Vertikal'nyye zony i formatsii parazitofauny glubokovodnykh ryb pribrezhnykh rayonov Severnoy Atlantiki. [Vertical zones and formations of the parasitic fauna in deepwater fishes from the off-shore areas of the North AtlantiŃ. ]. <em>In: Vorobjova, N.K., S.S. Drobysheva, A.V. Zubchenko, A.B. Karasev, P.I. Savvatimsky & V.K. Mitenev (Eds.). Parasitological Studies of Fish in the Northern Basin: Selected Papers/PINRO. Murmansk, Russia.</em> :39-60. [In Russian]. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus pollachius)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus pollachius)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
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