WoRMS taxon details
Argulus alosae Gould, 1841
159938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159938)
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] 
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 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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]
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
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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
[request]Other
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 [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]
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]
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 [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[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]
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]
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
[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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | herring fishlouse | [details] |
