WoRMS taxon details
Argulus megalops Smith S.I., 1874
AphiaID: 159942
AphiaID: 159942
| 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] 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] | |||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Subspecies Argulus megalops spinosus Wilson C.B., 1944 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details] Habitat: ectoparasite [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159942 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Argulus megalops Smith S.I., 1874. 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=159942 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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