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Wikipedia: Sea louse (plural sea lice) is the term generally used for species of copepods within the order Siphonostomatoida, family Caligidae. There are 36 genera within this family which include approximately 42 Lepeophtheirus and 300 Caligus species . Sea lice are marine ectoparasites (external parasites) that feed on the mucus, epidermal tissue, and blood of host marine fish.
![[Gravid female Lepeophtheirus salmonis'' on Atlantic salmon, ''Salmo salar]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sea_lice_on_salmon_s.jpg "Gravid female Lepeophtheirus salmonis'' on Atlantic salmon, ''Salmo salar")
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![[Sea louse life cycle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sea_lice_life_cycle_s.jpg "Sea louse life cycle")
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![[Male and female Lepeophtheirus salmonis]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Male_female_sea_lice.jpg "Male and female Lepeophtheirus salmonis")
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