MSBIAS taxon details
Argulus Müller O.F., 1785
104071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104071)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14414 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Argulus Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104071 on 2026-08-08
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Argulus Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104071 on 2026-08-08
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.14414 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boxshall, G.A. (2001). Branchiura. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50:243. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Causey, D.L. (1959). 'Ye Crowlin Ferlie,' or on the morphology of Argulus. <em>Turtox News, Chicago.</em> 37(8):215-217. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cressey, R.F. (1972). The genus Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura) of the United States. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems. Identification Manual for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, Stock No. 5501-0366 Manual 2:1-14. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors
additional source Krøyer, H. (1863 - 1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. [Contribution to Knowledge of the Parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> Ser. III, 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
additional source Martin, M.F. (1932). On the morphology and classification of Argulus (Crustacea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1932:771-806, pls.1-5. [details] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3087.459 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rushton-Mellor, S.K. (1994). The genus Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura) in Africa: Identification keys. Systematic Parasitology 28(1):51-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00006909 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ringuelet, R.A. (1943). Revisión de los argúlidos Argentinos (Crustácea, Branchiura) con el catálogo de las especies neotropicales. [Revision of Argentine argulids (Crustaceae, Branchiura) with a catalogue of Neotropical species.]. <em>Revista del Museo de La Plata, Nueva Serie, Sección Zoología.</em> 3(19):43-99. [details] Available for editors
additional source Tam, Q. (2005). Aspects of the biology of Argulus. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.</em> 87 pp. Nov 2005. [details] Available for editors
additional source Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cesare, L.C. (1986). Taksonomie, ekologie en morfologie van die genus Argulus Müller, 1785 (Crustacea : Branchiura) in Afrika. [Taxonomy, ecology and morphology of the genus Argulus Müller, 1785 (Crustacea : Branchiura) in Africa]. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.</em> 192 pp.[In Afrikaans.]., available online at https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/graduate/Taksonomie-ekologie-en-morfologie-van-die/9911847907691 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dempster, R.P. (1959). Lindane as treatment for Argulus. Drum & Croaker 1(2):13. [details]
additional source Meehan, O.L. (1940). A review of the parasitic Crustacea of the genus Argulus in the collections of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 88(3087): 459-522., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3087.459 [details] Available for editors
additional source Radkhah, A.R. (2017). Introduction to Some Species of Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura), Parasitic Infections in the Freshwater Fishes. <em>Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management.</em> 21(7):1268-1271. [details] Available for editors
additional source Porto, S.M.A., M. Tavares-Dias, P.O. Maciel & L.A. Castro. (2022). 8. Crustáceos argulídeos e lerneídeos de peixes de água doce do Brasil. [8. Argulid and lernaeid crustaceans of freshwater fishes of Brazil.]. <em>In: Doenças Parasitárias em Peixes de Produção. Cadernos Técnicos de Veterinária e Zootecnia.</em> 101:109-153. [In Portuguese]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Acharya, D. & T. Sukul. (2024). Argulus: a comprehensive overview of fish ectoparasitism and management strategies. <em>In: Gupta, A. (Ed.). Latest Trends in Fisheries and Aquatic Animal Health. AkiNik Publications, New Delhi, 101 pp.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.22271/ed.book.1854 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boxshall, G.A. (2001). Branchiura. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50:243. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Causey, D.L. (1959). 'Ye Crowlin Ferlie,' or on the morphology of Argulus. <em>Turtox News, Chicago.</em> 37(8):215-217. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cressey, R.F. (1972). The genus Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura) of the United States. Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems. Identification Manual for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, Stock No. 5501-0366 Manual 2:1-14. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors
additional source Krøyer, H. (1863 - 1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. [Contribution to Knowledge of the Parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> Ser. III, 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
additional source Martin, M.F. (1932). On the morphology and classification of Argulus (Crustacea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1932:771-806, pls.1-5. [details] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3087.459 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rushton-Mellor, S.K. (1994). The genus Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura) in Africa: Identification keys. Systematic Parasitology 28(1):51-63., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00006909 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ringuelet, R.A. (1943). Revisión de los argúlidos Argentinos (Crustácea, Branchiura) con el catálogo de las especies neotropicales. [Revision of Argentine argulids (Crustaceae, Branchiura) with a catalogue of Neotropical species.]. <em>Revista del Museo de La Plata, Nueva Serie, Sección Zoología.</em> 3(19):43-99. [details] Available for editors
additional source Tam, Q. (2005). Aspects of the biology of Argulus. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.</em> 87 pp. Nov 2005. [details] Available for editors
additional source Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cesare, L.C. (1986). Taksonomie, ekologie en morfologie van die genus Argulus Müller, 1785 (Crustacea : Branchiura) in Afrika. [Taxonomy, ecology and morphology of the genus Argulus Müller, 1785 (Crustacea : Branchiura) in Africa]. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.</em> 192 pp.[In Afrikaans.]., available online at https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/graduate/Taksonomie-ekologie-en-morfologie-van-die/9911847907691 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dempster, R.P. (1959). Lindane as treatment for Argulus. Drum & Croaker 1(2):13. [details]
additional source Meehan, O.L. (1940). A review of the parasitic Crustacea of the genus Argulus in the collections of the United States National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 88(3087): 459-522., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.88-3087.459 [details] Available for editors
additional source Radkhah, A.R. (2017). Introduction to Some Species of Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura), Parasitic Infections in the Freshwater Fishes. <em>Journal of Applied Science and Environmental Management.</em> 21(7):1268-1271. [details] Available for editors
additional source Porto, S.M.A., M. Tavares-Dias, P.O. Maciel & L.A. Castro. (2022). 8. Crustáceos argulídeos e lerneídeos de peixes de água doce do Brasil. [8. Argulid and lernaeid crustaceans of freshwater fishes of Brazil.]. <em>In: Doenças Parasitárias em Peixes de Produção. Cadernos Técnicos de Veterinária e Zootecnia.</em> 101:109-153. [In Portuguese]. [details] Available for editors
additional source Acharya, D. & T. Sukul. (2024). Argulus: a comprehensive overview of fish ectoparasitism and management strategies. <em>In: Gupta, A. (Ed.). Latest Trends in Fisheries and Aquatic Animal Health. AkiNik Publications, New Delhi, 101 pp.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.22271/ed.book.1854 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Argulus 
Argulid infections
Poly, William Taxonomy of Argulus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argulus)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098783)
To ITIS
Argulid infections
Poly, William Taxonomy of Argulus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Argulus)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 098783)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally