Close up of parasitic sea lice on the head of a ling cod. Photos by Dr. Armand Svoboda
Lepeophtheirus.sp: Sea Louse-on the head of a ling cod — photo by Dr. A. Svoboda
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Suphylum Crustacea
Class Maxillopoda
Order Siphonostomatoida
Family Caliguidae
Genus Lepeophtheirus
Species sp.
Common Name: Parasitic copepod
Other Members of the Phylum Arthropoda at Race Rocks.
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 The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams. Garry Fletcher |