Ergasilus

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Ergasilus
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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

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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]

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References

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