Lepeophtheirus Explained
Lepeophtheirus is a genus of sea louse. The best-known species is L. salmonis, the salmon louse. Other species include L. pectoralis, which uses flatfish as its host, particularly the European flounder,[1] and is also the type species of the genus Lepeophtheirus.
Species
Lepeophtheirus contains 122 species:[2]
- Lepeophtheirus acutus Heegaard, 1943
- Lepeophtheirus aesopus C. B. Wilson, 1906
- Lepeophtheirus alvaroi Suárez-Morales & Gasca, 2012
- Lepeophtheirus anguilli Hameed, 1976
- Lepeophtheirus appendiculatus Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus argentus Hewitt, 1963
- Lepeophtheirus atypicus Lin et al., 1996
- Lepeophtheirus bagri Dana, 1849
- Lepeophtheirus bifidus Fraser, 1920
- Lepeophtheirus bifurcatus C. B. Wilson, 1905
- Lepeophtheirus bonaci Pearse, 1952
- Lepeophtheirus brachyurus Heller, 1865
- Lepeophtheirus breviventris Fraser, 1920
- Lepeophtheirus bychowskyi Gusev, 1951
- Lepeophtheirus chaenichthyis (Cunningham, 1871)
- Lepeophtheirus chantoni Gusev, 1951
- Lepeophtheirus chilensis C. B. Wilson, 1905
- Lepeophtheirus clarionensis Shiino, 1959
- Lepeophtheirus confusum González, Castro, Muñoz & López, 2016
- Lepeophtheirus constrictus C. B. Wilson, 1908
- Lepeophtheirus cossyphi Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus crabro Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus crassus (Bere, 1936)
- Lepeophtheirus cuneifer Kabata, 1974
- Lepeophtheirus curtus (C. B. Wilson, 1913)
- Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus C. B. Wilson, 1905
- Lepeophtheirus distinctus Hewitt, 1963
- Lepeophtheirus edwardsi C. B. Wilson, 1905
- Lepeophtheirus elegans Gusev, 1951
- Lepeophtheirus eminens C. B. Wilson, 1944
- Lepeophtheirus epinepheli Ho & Dojiri, 1977
- Lepeophtheirus erecsoni G. M. Thomson, 1891
- Lepeophtheirus etelisi Ho, Chiang & Lin, 2009
- Lepeophtheirus europaensis Zeddam et al., 1988
- Lepeophtheirus exilipes Ho & Lin, 2003
- Lepeophtheirus exsculptus Fischer, 1860
- Lepeophtheirus formosanus Ho & Lin, 2010
- Lepeophtheirus frecuens Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1984
- Lepeophtheirus furcatus (Capart, 1953)
- Lepeophtheirus goniistii Yamaguti, 1936
- Lepeophtheirus grohmanni Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus hapalogenyos Yamaguti& Yamasu, 1959
- Lepeophtheirus hastatus Shiino, 1960
- Lepeophtheirus heegaardi Hewitt, 1963
- Lepeophtheirus hexagrammi Gusev, 1951
- Lepeophtheirus hidekoi Ho, 1962
- Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837)
- Lepeophtheirus histiopteridi Kazachenko et al., 1972
- Lepeophtheirus hospitalis Fraser, 1920
- Lepeophtheirus hummi Pearse, 1952
- Lepeophtheirus intercurreus Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus interitus C. B. Wilson, 1921
- Lepeophtheirus kabatai Ho & Dojiri, 1977
- Lepeophtheirus kareii Yamaguti, 1936
- Lepeophtheirus krishnai Kaliyamurthy, 1990
- Lepeophtheirus lagocephali Pillai, 1963
- Lepeophtheirus lalandei Kensley & Grindley, 1973
- Lepeophtheirus lateolabraxi Shen, 1958
- Lepeophtheirus latigenitalis Pillai & Natarajan, 1977
- Lepeophtheirus lewisi Hewitt, 1971
- Lepeophtheirus lichiae Barnard, 1948
- Lepeophtheirus litus (A. G. Lewis, 1964)
- Lepeophtheirus longiabdominalis Shiino, 1961
- Lepeophtheirus longicaudus (Cressey, 1966)
- Lepeophtheirus longipalpus Bassett-Smith, 1898
- Lepeophtheirus longipes C. B. Wilson, 1905
- Lepeophtheirus longispinosus C. B. Wilson, 1908
- Lepeophtheirus longiventralis Yü & Wu, 1932
- Lepeophtheirus marcepes C. B. Wilson, 1944
- Lepeophtheirus marginatus Bere, 1936
- Lepeophtheirus molvae Milne-Edwards, 1836
- Lepeophtheirus monacanthus Heller, 1865
- Lepeophtheirus mugiloidis Villalba, 1986
- Lepeophtheirus muraenae Shiino, 1960
- Lepeophtheirus nanaimoensis C. B. Wilson, 1912
- Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973
- Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (Milne-Edwards, 1840)
- Lepeophtheirus oblitus Kabata, 1973
- Lepeophtheirus palliatus (C. B. Wilson, 1905)
- Lepeophtheirus paralichthydis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1960
- Lepeophtheirus parvicruris Fraser, 1920
- Lepeophtheirus parviventris C. B. Wilson, 1905
- Lepeophtheirus parvulus Shiino, 1952
- Lepeophtheirus parvus C. B. Wilson, 1908
- Lepeophtheirus paulus Cressey, 1969
- Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
- Lepeophtheirus perpes Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
- Lepeophtheirus pharaonis (Nordmann, 1832)
- Lepeophtheirus platensis Thomsen, 1949
- Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956
- Lepeophtheirus plotosi Barnard, 1948
- Lepeophtheirus pollachius Bassett-Smith, 1896
- Lepeophtheirus polyprioni Hewitt, 1963
- Lepeophtheirus pravipes C. B. Wilson, 1912
- Lepeophtheirus quadratus Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus remiopsis Dojiri, 1979
- Lepeophtheirus renalis (Heegaard, 1945)
- Lepeophtheirus rhinobati Luque et al., 1999
- Lepeophtheirus robustus Krøyer, 1863
- Lepeophtheirus rotundatus Brian, 1932
- Lepeophtheirus rotundipes Dojiri, 1979
- Lepeophtheirus rotundiventris Bassett-Smith, 1898
- Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837)
- Lepeophtheirus scutiger Shiino, 1952
- Lepeophtheirus sekii Yamaguti, 1936
- Lepeophtheirus selkirki Atria, 1969
- Lepeophtheirus semicossyphi Yamaguti, 1939
- Lepeophtheirus sheni Boxshall & Bellwood, 1981
- Lepeophtheirus shiinoi Prabha & Pillai, 1986
- Lepeophtheirus sigani Ho et al., 2004
- Lepeophtheirus simplex Ho et al., 2001
- Lepeophtheirus spatha Dojiri & Brantley, 1991
- Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, 1937
- Lepeophtheirus sturionis (Krøyer, 1837)
- Lepeophtheirus suhmi Brady, 1883
- Lepeophtheirus tenuis (Leidy, 1889)
- Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850
- Lepeophtheirus tuberculatus I. H. Kim, 1993
- Lepeophtheirus uluus (A. G. Lewis, 1964)
- Lepeophtheirus unispinosus Pearse, 1952
- Lepeophtheirus watanabei Shiino, 1954
- Lepeophtheirus yanezi Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961
- Lepeophtheirus zbigniewi Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1981
Notes and References
- Web site: October 14 - Lepeophtheirus pectoralis . 2010 . Parasite of the day . 26 August 2013.
- T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall . Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 . Copepoda . 135568 . 26 August 2013.
