WoRMS name details
Lepeophtheirus septentrionalis Townsend, 1938
352778 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:352778)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933808526808 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus septentrionalis Townsend, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=352778 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933808526808 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kabata, Z. (1973). The species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae) from fishes of British Columbia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30(6):729-759, figs. 1-156, tabs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f73-130 [details] Available for editors [request]
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