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 pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepeophtheirus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lernaea pectoralis*	Müller O.F., 1776	synonym

Literature

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	Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The developmental stages of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller, 1776) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Natural History, London 8(6):681-700, figs. 1-8. (18-x-1974)
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1976). The host specificity of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller, 1776) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Fish Biology. 8(3):255-264, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-3. (19-ii-1975).
additional source	Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
additional source	Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev. 259 pp. figs. 1-153.
additional source	Anstensrud, M. (1990). Moulting and mating in Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Copepoda, Caligidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 70(2):269-282.
additional source	Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). Journal of Parasitology. 111(1):10-25.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 74:1-20, pls. 1-5.
additional source	Renaud, B. & P. Cals. (1975). Organisation métamérique et identification des structures appendiculaires chez les Crustacés parasites Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) et Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (H. Milne Edwards) (Copépodes Caligides). [Metameric organization and identification of appendicular structures in the parasitic crustaceans Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) and Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (H. Milne Edwards) (Caligidae, Copepods).]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. (D)280(1):45-48, figs. 1-2. (i/ii-1975).
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The population dynamics of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Mueller): seasonal variation in abundance and age structure. Parasitology, Cambridge 69:361-371.
additional source	Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad 3(149):378-432.
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1974). The population dynamics of Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Mueller): dispersion pattern. Parasitology, Cambridge 69:373-390.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. (1934). Zur Sinnesphysiologie der parasitären Copepoden Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) und Acanthochondria depressus (T. Scott). [On the sensory physiology of the parasitic copepods Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O.F. Müller) and Acanthochondria depressus (T. Scott).]. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 7:336-362, figs. 1-20.
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 6(1):55-90. [for 1880].
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1977). The histopathology of infection by Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller) (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of Fish Biology 10(4):411-415, pls. 1-5. (25-iii-1977)
additional source	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)
additional source	Stillger, E. (1968). Ein Hüpferling schmarotzt an Flundern: Lepeophtheirus pectoralis. [A flounder parasitizes flounders: Lepeophtheirus pectoralis.]. Mikrokosmos. 57(9):276-278, fig. 1. (ix-1968).
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

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776). 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:135779