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  Family Caligidae

Genus Lepeophtheirus

Taxon Information

The Genus Lepeophtheirus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Lepeophtheirus, attached to surface of body near anus of salmon that have recently migrated from the sea; may live for a week or more in freshwater [North America] (Smith, 2001).

Bibliography

• Smith, D.G. 2001. Copepoda. Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 489-517.