Salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Egidus, E.

doi:10.17895/ices.pub.5198

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Salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis

report

posted on 2014-05-21, 00:00 authored by E. Egidus

Salmon lice has a life cycle of 10 stages. The first three stages are planktonic, the next four are attached to the host, and the three final ones are free living on the host. The parasite is host specific.

History

Issue

26

Published under the auspices of the following ICES Steering Group or Committee

ASG

Published under the auspices of the following ICES Expert Group or Strategic Initiative

WGPDMO

Series

ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites in Fish and Shellfish

ISBN

978-87-7482-669-9

ISSN

0109-2510

Recommended citation

[Authors]. 2014. Salmon lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis. ICES Identification Leaflets for Diseases and Parasites in Fish and Shellfish, No. 26. [##] pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5198