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.
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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.
==Species== Lepeophtheirus contains 122 species: Lepeophtheirus acutus Heegaard, 1943 Lepeophtheirus aesopus C. B. Wilson, 1906 Lepeophtheirus alvaroi Suárez-Morales & Gasca, 2012 Lepeophtheirus anguilli Hameed, 1976 Lepeophtheirus appendiculatus Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus argentus Hewitt, 1963 Lepeophtheirus atypicus Lin et al., 1996 Lepeophtheirus bagri Dana, 1849 Lepeophtheirus bifidus Fraser, 1920 Lepeophtheirus bifurcatus C. B. Wilson, 1905 Lepeophtheirus bonaci Pearse, 1952 Lepeophtheirus brachyurus Heller, 1865 Lepeophtheirus breviventris Fraser, 1920 Lepeophtheirus bychowskyi Gusev, 1951 Lepeophtheirus chaenichthyis (Cunningham, 1871) Lepeophtheirus chantoni Gusev, 1951 Lepeophtheirus chilensis C. B. Wilson, 1905 Lepeophtheirus clarionensis Shiino, 1959 Lepeophtheirus confusum González, Castro, Muñoz & López, 2016 Lepeophtheirus constrictus C. B. Wilson, 1908 Lepeophtheirus cossyphi Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus crabro Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus crassus (Bere, 1936) Lepeophtheirus cuneifer Kabata, 1974 Lepeophtheirus curtus (C. B. Wilson, 1913) Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus C. B. Wilson, 1905 Lepeophtheirus distinctus Hewitt, 1963 Lepeophtheirus edwardsi C. B. Wilson, 1905 Lepeophtheirus elegans Gusev, 1951 Lepeophtheirus eminens C. B. Wilson, 1944 Lepeophtheirus epinepheli Ho & Dojiri, 1977 Lepeophtheirus erecsoni G. M. Thomson, 1891 Lepeophtheirus etelisi Ho, Chiang & Lin, 2009 Lepeophtheirus europaensis Zeddam et al., 1988 Lepeophtheirus exilipes Ho & Lin, 2003 Lepeophtheirus exsculptus Fischer, 1860 Lepeophtheirus formosanus Ho & Lin, 2010 Lepeophtheirus frecuens Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1984 Lepeophtheirus furcatus (Capart, 1953) Lepeophtheirus goniistii Yamaguti, 1936 Lepeophtheirus grohmanni Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus hapalogenyos Yamaguti& Yamasu, 1959 Lepeophtheirus hastatus Shiino, 1960 Lepeophtheirus heegaardi Hewitt, 1963 Lepeophtheirus hexagrammi Gusev, 1951 Lepeophtheirus hidekoi Ho, 1962 Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837) Lepeophtheirus histiopteridi Kazachenko et al., 1972 Lepeophtheirus hospitalis Fraser, 1920 Lepeophtheirus hummi Pearse, 1952 Lepeophtheirus intercurreus Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus interitus C. B. Wilson, 1921 Lepeophtheirus kabatai Ho & Dojiri, 1977 Lepeophtheirus kareii Yamaguti, 1936 Lepeophtheirus krishnai Kaliyamurthy, 1990 Lepeophtheirus lagocephali Pillai, 1963 Lepeophtheirus lalandei Kensley & Grindley, 1973 Lepeophtheirus lateolabraxi Shen, 1958 Lepeophtheirus latigenitalis Pillai & Natarajan, 1977 Lepeophtheirus lewisi Hewitt, 1971 Lepeophtheirus lichiae Barnard, 1948 Lepeophtheirus litus (A. G. Lewis, 1964) Lepeophtheirus longiabdominalis Shiino, 1961 Lepeophtheirus longicaudus (Cressey, 1966) Lepeophtheirus longipalpus Bassett-Smith, 1898 Lepeophtheirus longipes C. B. Wilson, 1905 Lepeophtheirus longispinosus C. B. Wilson, 1908 Lepeophtheirus longiventralis Yü & Wu, 1932 Lepeophtheirus marcepes C. B. Wilson, 1944 Lepeophtheirus marginatus Bere, 1936 Lepeophtheirus molvae Milne-Edwards, 1836 Lepeophtheirus monacanthus Heller, 1865 Lepeophtheirus mugiloidis Villalba, 1986 Lepeophtheirus muraenae Shiino, 1960 Lepeophtheirus nanaimoensis C. B. Wilson, 1912 Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973 Lepeophtheirus nordmanni (Milne-Edwards, 1840) Lepeophtheirus oblitus Kabata, 1973 Lepeophtheirus palliatus (C. B. Wilson, 1905) Lepeophtheirus paralichthydis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1960 Lepeophtheirus parvicruris Fraser, 1920 Lepeophtheirus parviventris C. B. Wilson, 1905 Lepeophtheirus parvulus Shiino, 1952 Lepeophtheirus parvus C. B. Wilson, 1908 Lepeophtheirus paulus Cressey, 1969 Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O. F. Müller, 1776) Lepeophtheirus perpes Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 Lepeophtheirus pharaonis (Nordmann, 1832) Lepeophtheirus platensis Thomsen, 1949 Lepeophtheirus plectropomi Nuñes-Ruivo, 1956 Lepeophtheirus plotosi Barnard, 1948 Lepeophtheirus pollachius Bassett-Smith, 1896 Lepeophtheirus polyprioni Hewitt, 1963 Lepeophtheirus pravipes C. B. Wilson, 1912 Lepeophtheirus quadratus Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus remiopsis Dojiri, 1979 Lepeophtheirus renalis (Heegaard, 1945) Lepeophtheirus rhinobati Luque et al., 1999 Lepeophtheirus robustus Krøyer, 1863 Lepeophtheirus rotundatus Brian, 1932 Lepeophtheirus rotundipes Dojiri, 1979 Lepeophtheirus rotundiventris Bassett-Smith, 1898 Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer, 1837) Lepeophtheirus scutiger Shiino, 1952 Lepeophtheirus sekii Yamaguti, 1936 Lepeophtheirus selkirki Atria, 1969 Lepeophtheirus semicossyphi Yamaguti, 1939 Lepeophtheirus sheni Boxshall & Bellwood, 1981 Lepeophtheirus shiinoi Prabha & Pillai, 1986 Lepeophtheirus sigani Ho et al., 2004 Lepeophtheirus simplex Ho et al., 2001 Lepeophtheirus spatha Dojiri & Brantley, 1991 Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, 1937 Lepeophtheirus sturionis (Krøyer, 1837) Lepeophtheirus suhmi Brady, 1883 Lepeophtheirus tenuis (Leidy, 1889) Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850 Lepeophtheirus tuberculatus I. H. Kim, 1993 Lepeophtheirus uluus (A. G. Lewis, 1964) Lepeophtheirus unispinosus Pearse, 1952 Lepeophtheirus watanabei Shiino, 1954 Lepeophtheirus yanezi Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961 Lepeophtheirus zbigniewi Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1981
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