Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Argulus japonicus Thiele, 1900

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Species Argulus japonicus Thiele, 1900

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Introduced from unknown locality.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) [CYPRINIDAE] Goldfish), freshwater.

 

General References

Heegaard, P. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 1-250 [51] (record from Carassius auratus (Goldfish) in Sydney freshwater aquarium)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Feb-2010 (import)