Species Lepeophtheirus molae Heegaard, 1962

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Species Lepeophtheirus molae Heegaard, 1962

Lepeophtheirus molae Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [169].
Type data:
Holotype AM G. 5213 100♀ 1♂ 1 copepoid, Port Jackson, New South Wales.
Paratype(s) AM P. 9990 11♀, Botany Bay, New South Wales.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic, marine.

Diagnosis

The ridges of the carapace are not identical; the second joint of the first antenna is more slender in L. molae; the setae of the distal joint of the first pair of legs differ, as also do the spines of the fourth pair; threre is a difference in the size and shape of the sixth pair of legs, and also in several other points concerning size. Kirtisinghe's species from a Chorinemus was less than half the size of this species.

Diagnosis References

Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [169]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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