Family ARGULIDAE Leach, 1819
Fich Lice
Compiler and date details
31 May 2009 - Gary C. B. Poore & Geoff A. Boxshall
Introduction
Argulidae is the only family of Branchiura, all temporary external parasites in freshwater, estuarine and marine environments. Their principal hosts are fishes, but tadpoles are also susceptible. Their biology has been dealt with extensively partly because they can become pests of fish in aquaculture. Key references are Kabata (1988) and Walker et al. (2004). The ecology of one unidentified species of branchiuran in Australia is summarised by Webb (2008).
General References
Kabata, Z. 1988. Copepoda and Brachiura. pp. 3-127 in Margolis, L. & Kabata, Z. (eds). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II - Crustacea. Ottawa : Canadian Special Publications in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Vol. 101.
Leach, W.E. 1819. Entomostracés Entomostraca (Crust.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 14: 524-543
Walker, P.D., Flik, G. & Wendelaar Bonga, S.E. 2004. The biology of parasites from the genus Argulus and a review of the interactions with its host. pp. 107-130 in Wiegertjes, S.J. & Flik, G. (eds). Host-parasite interactions. Abingdon : Garland Science/BIOS Scientific Publishers.
Webb, A.C. 2008. Spatial and temporal influences on poplulation dynamics of a branchiuran ectoparasite, Argulus sp. A, in fresh waters of tropical northern Queensland, Australia. Crustaceana 81: 1055-1067
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |