Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Caligidae > Genus Lepeophtheirus

Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus Wilson C.B., 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepeophtheirus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905).
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	Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967).
additional source	Lewis, A.G. (1966). The sternal furca of the caligoid copepods. Crustaceana, Leiden 10(1):7-14, figs. 1-2. (18-i-1966)
additional source	Castro Romero, R. & H. Baeza Kuroki. (1981). Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus Wilson 1905 and Lepeophtheirus zbigniewi new species (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasites of inshore fishes from the Pacific coast of Chile, South America. Bulletin of Marine Science. 31(2):318-328, figs. 1-32, tab. 1. (3-vi-1981).
additional source	Fernández Osorio, R.A., R.I. Corrada Wong & M. Armentero. (2015). Variaciones de la infracomunidad parásita durante la ontogenia de Chromis cyanea (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) en la costa norte de La Habana, Cuba. [Variations of the parasitic infracommunity during the ontogeny of Chromis cyanea (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) on the north coast of Havana, Cuba.]. Rivista de Biologia Tropical. 63 (3): 717–726.
additional source	Lewis, A.G. (1963). Life history of the caligid copepod Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus Wilson, 190 (Crustacea: Caligoida). Pacific Science 17:195-242, figs. 1-20, tabs. 1-6. (iv-1963)
redescription	Yeatman, H.C. (1957). A redescription of two parasitic copepods from Bermuda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 47(10):346-353, figs. 1-31.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus Wilson C.B., 1905. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135774