Branchiura

Argulus sp. on a stickleback

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Oligostraca
Classis: Ichthyostraca
Subclassis: Branchiura
Ordines (2): Arguloida – †Cyclida

Name

Branchiura Thorell, 1864

References

• Martin, J.W. & Davis, G.E. 2001. An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Science Series (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 39. vii 124 pp. ISBN 1-891276-27-1. PDF. Reference page. 
• May-Tec, A.L., Baños-Ojeda, C. & Mendoza-Franco, E.F. 2022. Parasitic crustaceans (Branchiura and Copepoda) parasitizing the gills of puffer fish species (Tetraodontidae) from the coast of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. Zookeys 1089ː 73–92. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1089.79999 Reference page. 
• Poly, W.J. 2008: Global diversity of fishlice (Crustacea: Branchiura: Argulidae) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia, 595(1): 209–212. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9015-3
• Webber, W.R. et al. 2010: [Chapter] EIGHT Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. Pp. 98-232 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fischläuse, Karpfenläuse, Fischzecken
Ελληνικά: Βραγχίουρα
English: carp lice, fish lice
magyar: Haltetvek
日本語: 鰓尾亜綱
русский: Карповые вши, карпоеды
中文: 鳃尾亚纲