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

Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepeophtheirus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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)

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2014). Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135779