WoRMS taxon details
Argulus alosae Gould, 1841
AphiaID: 159938
AphiaID: 159938
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Branchiura (Subclass) > Arguloidea (Order) > Argulidae (Family) > Argulus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Argulus O.F. Müller, 1785 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Wilson, C.B.. 1932. The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. (16-viii-1932) [details] additional source: Poly, W. J. 2009. Branchiura (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 837–840 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) [details]
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence to Key West Fla. [details] Habitat: Normally found in calm waters, but can tolerate rough waters. Ectoparasite found on Gasterosteus aculeatus and Salvelinus fontinalis. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159938 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Argulus alosae Gould, 1841. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159938 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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