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Definition of Sea louse

Sea louse
Sea louse Sea" louse` (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.

Meaning of Sea louse from wikipedia

- Sea lice (singular: sea louse) are copepods (small crustaceans) of the family Caligidae within the order Siphonostomatoida. They are marine ectoparasites...
- The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is a species of copepod in the genus Lepeophtheirus. It is a sea louse, a parasite living mostly on salmon,...
- Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse, is a parasitic isopod of the family Cymothoidae. It enters a fish through the gills. The female attaches...
- Eurydice pulchra, the speckled sea louse, is a species of isopod crustacean found in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. The generic name is for the nymph Eurydice...
- numbers of sea lice, but small, thin-skinned juvenile salmon migrating to sea are highly vulnerable. On the Pacific coast of Canada, the louse-induced mortality...
- copepod crustaceans Hog louse (disambiguation) Sea louse, the Caligidae, a family of ectoparasitic marine copepods Whale louse, the Cyamidae, a family...
- A whale louse is a crustacean of the family Cyamidae. Despite the name, it is not a true louse (which are insects), but rather is related to the skeleton...
- Pseudorhabdosynochus spp. Salmon lice Saprolegnia Schistocephalus solidus Sea louse Sphaerothe**** destruens Swim bladder disease Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae...
- its proximity to an already infected farm. The Lepeophtheirus salmonis sea louse, a small crustacean parasite that attacks the protective mucus, scales...
- virus M74 syndrome Myxobolus cerebralis Nanophyetus salmincola Salmon louse Sea louse Salmon tapeworm Sphaerothe**** destruens Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae...