''Lepeophtheirus elegans'' is a species of
sea lice
Sea lice (singular: sea louse) are copepods (small crustaceans) of the family Caligidae within the order Siphonostomatoida. They are marine ectoparasites (external parasites) that feed on the mucus, epidermal tissue, and blood of host fish. Th ...
.
Known fish hosts are the stichaeids ''
Chirolophis japonicus'' and ''
Pholidapus dybowskii'' from Russia, Japan and Korea, the pholid ''
Pholis picta'' and the cottid ''
Myoxocephalus brandtii
''Myoxocephalus brandtii'', the snowy sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northwest Pacific, with a range extending from the Sea of Okhotsk to Hokkaid ...
'', both from Russian waters, and the sebastid ''
Sebastes schlegelii
''Sebastes schlegelii'', also known as the Korean rockfish, northern black seaperch, black rockfish, and woo-reok (우럭) in Korean, is a predatory species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of ...
'', the Korean rockfish.
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left, First chalimus:
A, leg 3;
B, leg 3 (other specimen);
C, leg 4;
D, caudal ramus;
E, habitus of putative female, dorsal.
Scale bars: A–D = 0.025 mm; E = 0.2 mm.
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Siphonostomatoida
Crustaceans of the Pacific Ocean
Parasitic crustaceans
Animal parasites of fish
Crustaceans described in 1951
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