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 europaensis Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut & Gabrion, 1988

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepeophtheirus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Zeddam, J.L., P. Berrebi, F. Renaud, A. Raibaud & C. Gabrion. (1988). Characterization of two species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Caligidae) from flatfishes. Description of Lepeophtheirus europaensis sp. nov. Parasitology, Cambridge 96(1):129-144.
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
ecology source	De Meeüs, T., A. Raibaut & F. Renaud. (1993). Comparative life history of two species of sea lice. In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice. Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc.,1-378. :61-67.
biology source	De Meeüs, T., A. Raibaut & F. Renaud. (1993). Speciation and specificity in parasitic copepods: caligids of the genus Lepeophtheirus, parasites of flatfishes in the Mediterranean. In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of wild and farmed fish: sea lice. Ellis Horwood, New York, London etc.,1-378. :143-150.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus europaensis Zeddam, Berrebi, Renaud, Raibaut & Gabrion, 1988. 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:135775