Lepeophtheirus
Lepeophtheirus is a genus of sea lice. 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
Lepeophtheirus is a genus of sea lice. 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 s ...... s of the genus Lepeophtheirus.
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*Chalimus (Burmeister, 1834)
*Dentigryps (C. B. Wilson, 1913)
*Homoiotes (C. B. Wilson, 1905)
*Indocaligus (Pillai, 1961)
*Lepeophteirus (Nordmann, 1832)
*Pseudolepeophtheirus (Markevich, 1940)
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Lepeophtheirus
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Nordmann, 1832
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L. salmonis, salmon louse
type species
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis
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Lepeophtheirus is a genus of s ...... s of the genus Lepeophtheirus.
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Lepeophtheirus
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