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