Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Caligidae

Genus: Lepeophtheirus

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42 species
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Lepeophtheirus appendiculatus
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Lepeophtheirus bagri
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Max. Length 3 cm TL

 
Lepeophtheirus bermudensis
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Lepeophtheirus bifidus
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Lepeophtheirus bifurcatus
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Lepeophtheirus bonaci
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Lepeophtheirus brachyurus
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Lepeophtheirus breviventris
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Lepeophtheirus constrictus
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Lepeophtheirus crassus
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Lepeophtheirus cuneifer
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Lepeophtheirus curtus
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Max. Length 0.4 cm TL

 
Lepeophtheirus dissimulatus
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Max. Length 0.8 cm TL

 
Lepeophtheirus edwardsi
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Lepeophtheirus eurus
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Lepeophtheirus goniistii
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Lepeophtheirus hastatus
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Lepeophtheirus hexagrammi
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Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi
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Lepeophtheirus hospitalis
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Lepeophtheirus hummi
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Lepeophtheirus longiabdominis
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Lepeophtheirus longipes
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Lepeophtheirus longispinosus
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Lepeophtheirus marcepes
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Lepeophtheirus monacanthus
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Lepeophtheirus nanaimoensis
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Lepeophtheirus nordmanni
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Lepeophtheirus oblitus
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Lepeophtheirus parvicruris
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Lepeophtheirus parviventris
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Lepeophtheirus parvus
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Lepeophtheirus paulus
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Lepeophtheirus pectoralis
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Lepeophtheirus pollachius
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Lepeophtheirus pravipes
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Lepeophtheirus remiopsis
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Lepeophtheirus rotundipes
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Lepeophtheirus salmonis
[Salmon louse]
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Lepeophtheirus spatha
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Lepeophtheirus sturionis
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Lepeophtheirus thompsoni
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