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Species Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, 1937

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Species Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, 1937

Lepeophtheirus spinifer Kirtisinghe, P. 1937. Parasitic copepods of fish from Ceylon. II. Parasitology 29: 435-455 [441].

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Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Recorded infecting host species in Gladstone Harbour, QLD

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IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Distribution References

Diggles, B.K., Barnes, L., Landos, M., Dennis, M.M. & O'Carroll, J.P.J. 2021. Sea lice Lepeophtheirus spinifer, Tuxophorus sp. and Caligus sp. infections on wild-caught queenfish Scomberoides commersonnianus from northern Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 143: 37-50

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)
	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	21-Feb-2024	ADDED