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Argulus alosae Gould, 1841

159938  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159938)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Oligostraca (Superclass)
  6. Ichthyostraca (Class)
  7. Branchiura (Subclass)
  8. Arguloida (Order)
  9. Argulidae (Family)
  10. Argulus (Genus)
  11. Argulus alosae (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence to Key West Fla.  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence to Key West Fla. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Argulus alosae Gould, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159938 on 2025-02-05
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2005-05-30 12:28:25Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2009-03-12 11:11:29Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff

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original description Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Meehean, O.L. (1940). A review of the parasitic Crustacea of the genus Argulus in the collections of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88(3087):459-522, figs. 1-47. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1902). North American parasitic copepods of the family Argulidae, with a bibliography of the group and a systematic review of all known species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25(1302):635-742, pls. 8-27. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1920). Argulidae fron the Shubenacadie River, Nova Scotia. Canadian Field-Naturalist, Ottawa 34(8):149-151, figs.1-7. [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
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]
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English herring fishlouse  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argulus alosae) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (22 records) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argulus alosae)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Argulus alosae)
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