Lepeophtheirus elegans
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| Lepeophtheirus elegans | |
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| Adult female:
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Caligidae |
| Genus: | Lepeophtheirus |
| Species: | L. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepeophtheirus elegans | |
Lepeophtheirus elegans is a species of sea lice.[2]
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.
