WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus curtus (Wilson C.B., 1913)
358943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:358943)
accepted
Species
Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913 · unaccepted (transferred to Lepeophtheirus by...)
transferred to Lepeophtheirus by Hewitt, 1971
Homoiotes bermudensis Heegaard, 1943 · unaccepted (synonym according to Heegaard, 1945)
Lepeophtheirus bermudensis (Heegaard, 1943) · unaccepted (synonym according to Heegaard, 1945)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913) Wilson, C.B. (1913). Crustacean parasites of West Indian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1950):189-227, pls. 18-53. (3-iv-1913), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.44-1950.189 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus curtus (Wilson C.B., 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=358943 on 2026-05-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913) Wilson, C.B. (1913). Crustacean parasites of West Indian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1950):189-227, pls. 18-53. (3-iv-1913), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.44-1950.189 [details]
original description (of Homoiotes bermudensis Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f71-044 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Homoiotes bermudensis Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f71-044 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Sanches, E.G., C.E. Kerber, F. Paschoal & J.L. Luque (2016). First record of sea lice Lepeophtheirus curtus (Copepoda, Caligidae) in sea-farmed Epinephelus marginatus (Serranidae) in Brazil. <em>Brazilian Journal Of Biology</em>. 76(2):545-547, available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.17014 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dentigryps curtus; USNM 42328, 43595) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dentigryps curtus; USNM 42328, 43595) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 43595) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dentigryps curtus; USNM 42328, 43595) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Dentigryps curtus; USNM 42328, 43595) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 43595) (from synonym Dentigryps curtus Wilson C.B., 1913)
To ITIS
