Lepeophtheirus elegans


Lepeophtheirus elegans is a species of sea lice.
Known fish hosts are the stichaeids Chirolophis japonicus and Pholidapus dybowskii from Russia, Japan and Korea, the pholid Pholis picta and the cottid Myoxocephalus brandtii, both from Russian waters, and the sebastid Sebastes schlegelii, the Korean rockfish.
file:Lepeophtheirus elegans parasite130014-fig5.tif|thumb|left|First chalimus:
A, leg 3;
B, leg 3 ;
C, leg 4;
D, caudal ramus;
E, habitus of putative female, dorsal.
Scale bars: A–D = 0.025 mm; E = 0.2 mm.