WoRMS taxon details
Argulus megalops Smith S.I., 1874
159942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159942)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Argulus megalops spinosus Wilson C.B., 1944
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, S.I. (1873). Invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and adjacent waters. <em>Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries of the south coast of New England in 1871 and 1872.</em> Part I. 1873:452-460, [573-578 copepods]. [details] 
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel);...
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Argulus megalops Smith S.I., 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159942 on 2024-11-21
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Smith, S.I. (1873). Invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and adjacent waters. <em>Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries of the south coast of New England in 1871 and 1872.</em> Part I. 1873:452-460, [573-578 copepods]. [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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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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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. (1903). The newly hatched larva of Argulus megalops. Science, New Series 17(430):484-485. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). The fish parasites of the genus Argulus found in the Woods Hole region. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries for 1904 24:115-131. (14.ii.1905) [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]
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]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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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. (1903). The newly hatched larva of Argulus megalops. Science, New Series 17(430):484-485. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). The fish parasites of the genus Argulus found in the Woods Hole region. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries for 1904 24:115-131. (14.ii.1905) [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel); Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]Habitat ectoparasite [details]
