Argulus coregoni

Argulus coregoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ichthyostraca
Order: Arguloida
Family: Argulidae
Genus: Argulus
Species:
A. coregoni
Binomial name
Argulus coregoni
Thorell, 1865

The carp louse Argulus coregoni is an obligate ectoparasitic branciuran species on fish.[1] It occurs in China and Japan,[2] and Scandinavia.[1] Argulus coregoni can pose a threat to fish kept in fish farms.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Mikheev, V.N.; Pasternak, A.F.; Valtonen, E.T.; Lankinen, Y. (2001). "Spatial distribution and hatching of overwintered eggs of a fish ectoparasite, Argulus coregoni (Crustacea: Branchiura)". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 46 (2): 123–128. doi:10.3354/dao046123. PMID 11678227.
  2. ^ Shimura, S. (1983). "Seasonal occurrence, sex ratio and site preference of Argulus coregoni Thorell (Crustacea: Branchiura) parasitic on cultured freshwater salmonids in Japan". Parasitology. 86 (3): 537–552. doi:10.1017/S0031182000050721. S2CID 85360437.
  3. ^ Hakalahti, T.; Valtonen, E.T. (2003). "Population structure and recruitment of the ectoparasite Argulus coregoni Thorell (Crustacea: Branchiura) on a fish farm". Parasitology. 127 (1): 79–85. doi:10.1017/S0031182003003196. PMID 12885191. S2CID 25800328.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Suárez-Morales 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).