WoRMS taxon details
Lepeophtheirus marginatus Bere, 1936
352751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:352751)
accepted
Species
Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho & Gómez, 2001 )
Lepeophtheirus orbicularis Shiino, 1965 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho & Gómez, 2001 )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bere, R. (1936). Parasitic copepods from Gulf of Mexico fish. American Midland Naturalist 17(3):577-625, pls. 1-12 with figs. 1-319. (v-1936) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lepeophtheirus marginatus Bere, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=352751 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Bere, R. (1936). Parasitic copepods from Gulf of Mexico fish. American Midland Naturalist 17(3):577-625, pls. 1-12 with figs. 1-319. (v-1936) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus orbicularis Shiino, 1965) Shiino, S.M. (1965). Parasitic copepods of the eastern Pacific fishes. 8. Lepeophtheirus. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 5(2):441-45, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-2. (15-xii-1965) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944) Wilson, C.B. (1944). Parasitic copepods in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 94(3177):529-582, pls. 20-34. (10-vii-1944) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Lepeophtheirus orbicularis Shiino, 1965) Shiino, S.M. (1965). Parasitic copepods of the eastern Pacific fishes. 8. Lepeophtheirus. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 5(2):441-45, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-2. (15-xii-1965) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944) Wilson, C.B. (1944). Parasitic copepods in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 94(3177):529-582, pls. 20-34. (10-vii-1944) [details] Available for editors
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redescription
Ho, J.S. & S. Gómez. (2001). Redescription of Lepeophtheirus marginatus Bere, 1936 (Copepoda: Caligidae) and relegation of L. christianensis Wilson, 1944 and L. orbicularis Shiino, 1960 as its synonyms. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 114(4): 897-906. [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus orbicularis Shiino, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 60548) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus orbicularis Shiino, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 60548) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus christianensis Wilson C.B., 1944)
