Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Caligidae > Genus Lepeophtheirus

Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Lepeophtheirusvon Nordmann, 1832accepted genus name

Species group names

Caligus salmonis Krøyer, 1838 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): lakselus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: salmon louse sources: McLaughlin, P.A., D.K. Camp, M.V. Angel, E.L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R.C. Brusca, A.C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L.G. Eldredge, D.L. Felder, J.W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R.W. Heard, E.A. Hendrycks, H.H. Hobbs III, J.R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D.R. Laubitz, S.E. Le. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp. plus index. ISBN 1-888569-64-6
 Norwegian: lakselus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: lakselus
 Norwegian Nynorsk: lakselus
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): lakselus

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Geoffrey Boxshall. Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1838). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=192748

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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Last modified

2004-05-10 by Dr Geoffrey Boxshall

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