Lepeophtheirus elegans
Known fish hosts are the stichaeids Chirolophis japonicus Herzenstein and Pholidapus dybowskii (Steindachner) from Russia, Japan and Korea, the pholid Pholis picta (Kner), the cottid Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner), both from Russian waters and the sebastid Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf, the Korean rockfish.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Hexanauplia |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Caligidae |
Genus: | Lepeophtheirus |
Species: | L. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Lepeophtheirus elegans | |
Lepeophtheirus elegans is a species of sea lice.
References
- Parasitic Copepoda of some marine fishes. AV Gusev, Parazitologicheski Sbornik, 1951
- Venmathi Maran, Balu Alagar; Moon, Seong Yong; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Oh, Sung-Yong; Soh, Ho Young; Myoung, Jung-Goo; Iglikowska, Anna; Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan (2013). "The caligid life cycle: new evidence from Lepeophtheirus elegans reconciles the cycles of Caligus and Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae)". Parasite. 20: 15. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013015. PMC 3718518.
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