Copepoda taxon details
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776)
135779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135779)
accepted
Species
Caligus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lernaea pectoralis Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted (synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaea pectoralis Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland and White Sea.
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland and White Sea. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135779 on 2025-04-27
original description
(of Lernaea pectoralis Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [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 Anstensrud, M. (1990). Moulting and mating in Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Copepoda, Caligidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 70(2):269-282. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller, 1776); a description, a review and some comparisons with the genus Caligus Müller, 1785. Journal of Natural History, London 8(4):445-468, figs. 1-10. (31-vii-1974) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The developmental stages of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller, 1776) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Natural History, London 8(6):681-700, figs. 1-8. (18-x-1974) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The population dynamics of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Mueller): seasonal variation in abundance and age structure. Parasitology, Cambridge 69:361-371. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The population dynamics of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Mueller): dispersion pattern. Parasitology, Cambridge 69:373-390. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1976). The host specificity of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller, 1776) (Copepoda: Caligidae). <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> 8(3):255-264, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-3. (19-ii-1975). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The histopathology of infection by Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Fish Biology 10(4):411-415, pls. 1-5. (25-iii-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
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 Renaud, B. & P. Cals. (1975). Organisation métamérique et identification des structures appendiculaires chez les Crustacés parasites Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) et Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (H. Milne Edwards) (Copépodes Caligides). [Metameric organization and identification of appendicular structures in the parasitic crustaceans Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) and Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (H. Milne Edwards) (Caligidae, Copepods).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)280(1):45-48, figs. 1-2. (i/ii-1975). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. (1934). Zur Sinnesphysiologie der parasitären Copepoden Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) und Acanthochondria depressus (T. Scott). [On the sensory physiology of the parasitic copepods Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) and Acanthochondria depressus (T. Scott).]. <em>Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde.</em> 7:336-362, figs. 1-20. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 74:1-20, pls. 1-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Stillger, E. (1968). Ein Hüpferling schmarotzt an Flundern: Lepeophtheirus pectoralis. [A flounder parasitizes flounders: Lepeophtheirus pectoralis.]. <em>Mikrokosmos.</em> 57(9):276-278, fig. 1. (ix-1968). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Boxshall, G.A. (1974). Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller, 1776); a description, a review and some comparisons with the genus Caligus Müller, 1785. Journal of Natural History, London 8(4):445-468, figs. 1-10. (31-vii-1974) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Anstensrud, M. (1990). Moulting and mating in Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Copepoda, Caligidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 70(2):269-282. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller, 1776); a description, a review and some comparisons with the genus Caligus Müller, 1785. Journal of Natural History, London 8(4):445-468, figs. 1-10. (31-vii-1974) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The developmental stages of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller, 1776) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Natural History, London 8(6):681-700, figs. 1-8. (18-x-1974) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The population dynamics of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Mueller): seasonal variation in abundance and age structure. Parasitology, Cambridge 69:361-371. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The population dynamics of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Mueller): dispersion pattern. Parasitology, Cambridge 69:373-390. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1976). The host specificity of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller, 1776) (Copepoda: Caligidae). <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> 8(3):255-264, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-3. (19-ii-1975). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The histopathology of infection by Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Fish Biology 10(4):411-415, pls. 1-5. (25-iii-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
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 Renaud, B. & P. Cals. (1975). Organisation métamérique et identification des structures appendiculaires chez les Crustacés parasites Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) et Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (H. Milne Edwards) (Copépodes Caligides). [Metameric organization and identification of appendicular structures in the parasitic crustaceans Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) and Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (H. Milne Edwards) (Caligidae, Copepods).]. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris.</em> (D)280(1):45-48, figs. 1-2. (i/ii-1975). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. (1934). Zur Sinnesphysiologie der parasitären Copepoden Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) und Acanthochondria depressus (T. Scott). [On the sensory physiology of the parasitic copepods Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) and Acanthochondria depressus (T. Scott).]. <em>Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde.</em> 7:336-362, figs. 1-20. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 74:1-20, pls. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stillger, E. (1968). Ein Hüpferling schmarotzt an Flundern: Lepeophtheirus pectoralis. [A flounder parasitizes flounders: Lepeophtheirus pectoralis.]. <em>Mikrokosmos.</em> 57(9):276-278, fig. 1. (ix-1968). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Boxshall, G.A. (1974). Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller, 1776); a description, a review and some comparisons with the genus Caligus Müller, 1785. Journal of Natural History, London 8(4):445-468, figs. 1-10. (31-vii-1974) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland and White Sea. [details]Unreviewed
Publication date (Müller, 1777) [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lernaea pectoralis Müller O.F., 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus pectoralis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Lernaea pectoralis Müller O.F., 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus pectoralis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
