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CaRMS name detailsArgulus canadensis Wilson C.B., 1916
159939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159939)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Wilson, C.B. (1916). Copepod parasites of fresh-water fishes and their economic relations to mussel glochidia. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 34(824):333-374, pls. 60-74. (28-vi-1916), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43088 [details]
Taxonomic remark Kabata (1988) noted that A. canadensis was treated as a junior synonym of A. stizostethii on the authority of Meehean...
Taxonomic remark Kabata (1988) noted that A. canadensis was treated as a junior synonym of A. stizostethii on the authority of Meehean (1940) and Cressey (1972, 1978) and confirmed the latter in a personal communication with Dr R. Cressey. [details] Distribution Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape...
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary; 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. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Argulus canadensis Wilson C.B., 1916. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159939 on 2026-06-10
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Argulus canadensis Wilson C.B., 1916. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159939 on 2026-06-10
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original description
Wilson, C.B. (1916). Copepod parasites of fresh-water fishes and their economic relations to mussel glochidia. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 34(824):333-374, pls. 60-74. (28-vi-1916), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43088 [details]
taxonomy 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3087.459 [details] Available for editors  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 additional source Poulin, R. & G.J. Fitzgerald. (1989). Male-biased sex ratio in Argulus canadensis Wilson, 1916 (Crustacea: Branchiura) ectoparasitic on sticklebacks. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(8):2078-2080., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z89-296 [details] Available for editors additional source Davis, W.S. (1956). American shad, Alosa sapidissima, parasitized by Argulus canadensis in the Connecticut River. Journal of Parasitology 42(3):315., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3274861 [details] Available for editors additional source Poulin, R. & G.J. Fitzgerald. (1989). A possible explanation for the aggregated distribution of Argulus canadensis Wilson, 1916 (Crustacea: Branchiura) on juvenile sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae). Journal of Parasitology 75(1):58-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3282936 [details] Available for editors additional source Wilson, C.B. (1936). Argulus canadensis from Cape Breton Island. Journal of the Biological Board of Canada 2(4):355-358., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f36-015 [details] Available for editors additional source Lynn, T., J. Jeong & M. Duffy. (2020). Bet hedging and cold-temperature termination of diapause in the life history of the Atlantic salmon ectoparasite Argulus canadensis. <em>Parasitology.</em> 147(14):1774-1785., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020001766 [details] Available for editors additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Kabata (1988) noted that A. canadensis was treated as a junior synonym of A. stizostethii on the authority of Meehean (1940) and Cressey (1972, 1978) and confirmed the latter in a personal communication with Dr R. Cressey. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary; 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 Normally found in calm waters, but can tolerate rough waters. Intertidal. ectoparasite found on Osmerus mordax and Salvelinus fontinalis. [details]
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