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 nordmannii (Milne Edwards, 1836)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepeophtheirus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Caligus nordmannii*	Milne Edwards, 1836	synonym
*Lepeophtheirus nordmanni*	(Milne Edwards, 1836)	synonym

Literature

additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	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).
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	Carli, A. & C.L. Bruzzone. (1977). Développement larvaire du Copépode Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (Edwards) parasite de Mola mola (L.). [Larval development of the copepod Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (Edwards) parasitic on Mola mola (L.).]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 24(10): 135-136. (Italian with English and French summaries).
additional source	Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie. 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus nordmannii (Milne Edwards, 1836). 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:352757