Global InformationCyamus boopis information
| Cyamus boopis | |
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| Dorsal view | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Subphylum: | Crustacea
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| Class: | Malacostraca
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| Order: | Amphipoda
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| Family: | Cyamidae
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| Genus: | Cyamus
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| Species: | C. boopis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870 [1]
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Cyamus boopis is a species of whale louse in the family Cyamidae.[1]
This is an ectoparasite that lives exclusively on humpback whales. The infestation is most concentrated around the genital apertures, but occurs on all parts of the body, most commonly where there is an infestation of the barnacle species Coronula diadema.[2]
Whale lice will promptly try to attach themselves to people when handling whales during processing.[2]
- ^ a b c Jim Lowry (2012). Lowry J (ed.). "Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ^ a b Hurley, D. E. (1952). "Studies on the New Zealand Amphipodan Fauna No. 1—The Family Cyamidae: The Whale-louse Paracyamus boopis". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 80 (1): 63–8.