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Salmon Louse

Crustaceans

The salmon louse is a small parasitic copepod that attaches to the skin of salmon and related fish in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, feeding on its host's mucus, skin, and blood. After hatching, its larvae drift in open water as plankton until they find a fish to settle on, and heavy infestations can weaken or kill young or already stressed fish. It has become a major problem for salmon aquaculture, where dense pens of farmed fish allow infestations to build up and spread more readily than in the wild.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Scientific Name
Lepeophtheirus salmonis 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Copepoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Salmon Louse
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Canada

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Denmark

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Norway

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South Africa

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Sweden

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Salmon louse
WikipediaWikidata Q1812814 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Animals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fauna","language":"EN"},{"name":"Animaux","language":"FR"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Lepeophtheirus salmonis
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 9140419, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 9140419, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Salmon Louse
  • Wikidata Q1812814, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Copepoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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