Lepeophtheirus
| Lepeophtheirus | |
|---|---|
| L. salmonis, salmon louse | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Caligidae |
| Genus: | Lepeophtheirus Nordmann, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (O. F. Müller, 1776) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.