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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Maxillopods (Maxillopoda) » Copepods (Copepoda) » Siphonostomatoida » Caligidae
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Sea Louse
Copyright © 2016 Masumi Palhof

Sea Louse
Kodiak, Kodiak County, Alaska, USA
July 30, 2016
Lepeophtheirus salmonis or Caligus elongates? Found on a Silver Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that hadn't been in the river long and still looked pretty bright (meaning it did not look transformed or changed color yet).

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Contributed by Masumi Palhof on 14 October, 2016 - 12:38am
Last updated 30 September, 2019 - 1:32am

Moved
Moved from Copepods.
… Aaron Hunt, 4 August, 2017 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Looks good for a new order for the guide! I'm going to look for some info before I make the pages and move it. I've never seen a parasitic copepod!
… Aaron Hunt, 14 October, 2016 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Wow! Glad to contribute something new. I updated the description to note the species of salmon it was on. I see these all the time on the fish we catch so if I notice anything interesting looking I will be sure to submit
… Masumi Palhof, 5 August, 2017 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

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