Biology:Lepeophtheirus elegans
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Short description: Species of crustacean
| Lepeophtheirus elegans | |
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| File:Lepeophtheirus elegans parasite130014-fig12.tif | |
| Adult female:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Caligidae |
| Genus: | Lepeophtheirus |
| Species: | L. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepeophtheirus elegans Gusev, 1951[1]
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Lepeophtheirus elegans is a species of sea lice.[2]
Known fish hosts are the stichaeids Chirolophis japonicus and Pholidapus dybowskii from Russia, Japan and Korea, the pholid Pholis picta and the cottid Myoxocephalus brandtii, both from Russian waters, and the sebastid Sebastes schlegelii, the Korean rockfish.[3]
thumb|left|First [[chalimus:
A, leg 3;
B, leg 3 (other specimen);
C, leg 4;
D, caudal ramus;
E, habitus of putative female, dorsal.
Scale bars: A–D = 0.025 mm; E = 0.2 mm.]]
References
- ↑ Parasitic Copepoda of some marine fishes. AV Gusev, Parazitologicheski Sbornik, 1951
- ↑ "Lepeophtheirus elegans Gusev, 1951". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. 2023. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=352721.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13390630 entry
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