Ergasilus

Ergasilus
Ergasilus spp. females with one pair of eggs each on gills of northern pike
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Poecilostomatoida
Family: Ergasilidae
Genus: Ergasilus
Nordmann, 1832 [1]
Species

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Ergasilus is a genus of copepod crustaceans occurring in both the ocean and fresh water, often called gill lice. The females are parasitic upon the gills of fishes. This is similar to members of the crustacean order Arguloida (fish lice). Being copepods, gill lice have a single median eye on their head. The second antennae are modified into prehensile pincers. Male gill lice are free-living.[2]

Species include:[1]

  • Ergasilus anchoratus Markevich, 1946
  • Ergasilus arthrosis L. S. Roberts, 1969
  • Ergasilus auritus Markevich, 1940
  • Ergasilus briani Markevich, 1932
  • Ergasilus caeruleus C. B. Wilson, 1911
  • Ergasilus celestis J. F. Müller, 1937
  • Ergasilus centrarchidarum Wright, 1882
  • Ergasilus cerastes L. S. Roberts, 1969
  • Ergasilus chautauquaensis Fellows, 1887
  • Ergasilus clupeidarum S. K. Johnson & W. A. Rogers, 1972
  • Ergasilus cotti Kellicott, 1892
  • Ergasilus cyanopictus
  • Ergasilus cyprinaceus W. A. Rogers, 1969
  • Ergasilus elongatus C. B. Wilson, 1916
  • Ergasilus felichthys (Pearse, 1947)
  • Ergasilus fryeri
  • Ergasilus funduli Krøyer, 1863
  • Ergasilus gibbus Von Nordmann, 1832
  • Ergasilus globosus
  • Ergasilus labracis Krøyer, 1863
  • Ergasilus lanceolatus C. B. Wilson, 1916
  • Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863
  • Ergasilus longimanus
  • Ergasilus luciopercarum Henderson, 1926
  • Ergasilus manicatus C. B. Wilson, 1911
  • Ergasilus megaceros C. B. Wilson, 1916
  • Ergasilus mugilis Vogt, 1877
  • Ergasilus myctarothes
  • Ergasilus nerkae L. S. Roberts, 1963
  • Ergasilus orientalis
  • Ergasilus rhinos Burris & G. C. Miller, 1972
  • Ergasilus sieboldi Von Nordmann, 1832
  • Ergasilus tenax L. S. Roberts, 1965
  • Ergasilus turgidus Fraser, 1920
  • Ergasilus versicolor C. B. Wilson, 1911
  • Ergasilus wareaglei S. K. Johnson, 1971
  • Ergasilus wilsoni

References

  1. 1 2 "Ergasilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Fish lice". Encarta. MSN. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009.
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