Lepeophtheirus elegans is a species of sea lice.[2]
| Lepeophtheirus elegans | |
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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 | |
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]
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
edit- ^ Parasitic Copepoda of some marine fishes. AV Gusev, Parazitologicheski Sbornik, 1951
- ^ Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2023). "Lepeophtheirus elegans Gusev, 1951". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ 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. PMC 3718518. PMID 23647664.
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