Ergasilus
Ergasilus spp. females with one pair of eggs each on gills of northern pike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Maxillopoda
Subclass:
Copepoda
Order:
Poecilostomatoida
Family:
Ergasilidae
Genus:
Ergasilus

Nordmann, 1832 [1]
Species

See text

Ergasilus is a genus of copepod crustaceans occurring in both the ocean and fresh water, often called gill lice. The females are parasitic upon the gills of fishes. Being copepods, gill lice have a single median eye on their head. The second antennae are modified into prehensile pincers. Male gill lice are free-living.[2]

Species include:[1]

  • Ergasilus anchoratus Markevich, 1946
  • Ergasilus arthrosis L. S. Roberts, 1969
  • Ergasilus auritus Markevich, 1940
  • Ergasilus briani Markevich, 1932
  • Ergasilus caeruleus C. B. Wilson, 1911
  • Ergasilus celestis J. F. Müller, 1937
  • Ergasilus centrarchidarum Wright, 1882
  • Ergasilus cerastes L. S. Roberts, 1969
  • Ergasilus chautauquaensis Fellows, 1887
  • Ergasilus clupeidarum S. K. Johnson & W. A. Rogers, 1972
  • Ergasilus cotti Kellicott, 1892
  • Ergasilus cyanopictus
  • Ergasilus cyprinaceus W. A. Rogers, 1969
  • Ergasilus elongatus C. B. Wilson, 1916
  • Ergasilus felichthys (Pearse, 1947)
  • Ergasilus fryeri
  • Ergasilus funduli Krøyer, 1863
  • Ergasilus gibbus Von Nordmann, 1832
  • Ergasilus globosus
  • Ergasilus labracis Krøyer, 1863
  • Ergasilus lanceolatus C. B. Wilson, 1916
  • Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863
  • Ergasilus longimanus
  • Ergasilus luciopercarum Henderson, 1926
  • Ergasilus manicatus C. B. Wilson, 1911
  • Ergasilus megaceros C. B. Wilson, 1916
  • Ergasilus mugilis Vogt, 1877
  • Ergasilus myctarothes
  • Ergasilus nerkae L. S. Roberts, 1963
  • Ergasilus orientalis
  • Ergasilus rhinos Burris & G. C. Miller, 1972
  • Ergasilus sieboldi Von Nordmann, 1832
  • Ergasilus tenax L. S. Roberts, 1965
  • Ergasilus turgidus Fraser, 1920
  • Ergasilus versicolor C. B. Wilson, 1911
  • Ergasilus wareaglei S. K. Johnson, 1971
  • Ergasilus wilsoni

References

  1. 1 2 "Ergasilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Fish lice". Encarta. MSN. Archived from the original on November 2, 2009.
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