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Lepeophtheirus
Lepeophtheirus is a genus of sea louse. The best-known species is L. salmonis, the salmon louse. Other species include L. pectoralis, which uses flatfish as its host, particularly the European flounder, and is also the type species of the genus Lepeophtheirus.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Salmon Louse
speciesLepeophtheirus salmonis
Lepeophtheirus parviventris
speciesLepeophtheirus parviventris
Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi
speciesLepeophtheirus hippoglossi
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis
speciesLepeophtheirus pectoralis
Lepeophtheirus hospitalis
speciesLepeophtheirus hospitalis
Lepeophtheirus bifidus
speciesLepeophtheirus bifidus
Lepeophtheirus yanezi
speciesLepeophtheirus yanezi
Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus
speciesLepeophtheirus dissimulatus
Lepeophtheirus sturionis
speciesLepeophtheirus sturionis
Lepeophtheirus europaensis
speciesLepeophtheirus europaensis
Lepeophtheirus acutus
speciesLepeophtheirus acutus
Lepeophtheirus thompsoni
speciesLepeophtheirus thompsoni
Lepeophtheirus cuneifer
speciesLepeophtheirus cuneifer
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 329133.