Copepoda taxon details

Argulus megalops Smith S.I., 1874

159942  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159942)

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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]  OpenAccess publication 
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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159942 on 2024-03-28
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original description 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]  OpenAccess publication 

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  PDF available 

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  PDF available 

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]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1903). The newly hatched larva of Argulus megalops. Science, New Series 17(430):484-485. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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]  OpenAccess publication 

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  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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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]