Argulus

Argulus is a genus of fish lice in the family Argulidae. There are more than 130 described species in Argulus.[1][2][3][4] They occur in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.[1] As juveniles, Argulus feed on mucous and skin cells of their host. With age they become blood feeders because the parasite moves from feeding on the fins to feeding on the body of the fish, causing the feeding change.[5]

Argulus japonicus

Argulus
Argulus coregoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Order: Arguloida
Family: Argulidae
Genus: Argulus
Müller, 1785
Species

>130 species (see text)

Species

As of August 2021, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists the following 136 species as valid:[1]

  • Argulus africanus Thiele, 1900
  • Argulus alexandrensis Wilson C.B., 1923
  • Argulus alosae Gould, 1841
  • Argulus amazonicus Malta & Santos-Silva, 1986
  • Argulus ambloplites Wilson C.B., 1920
  • Argulus ambystoma Poly, 2003
  • Argulus americanus Wilson C.B., 1902
  • Argulus angelae Souza, Porto & Malta, 2019
  • Argulus angusticeps Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus annae Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1951
  • Argulus appendiculosus Wilson C.B., 1907
  • Argulus arcassonensis Cuénot, 1912
  • Argulus australiensis Byrnes, 1985
  • Argulus belones Kampen, 1909
  • Argulus bengalensis Ramakrishna, 1952
  • Argulus bicolor Bere, 1936
  • Argulus boli Tripathi, 1975
  • Argulus borealis Wilson C.B., 1912
  • Argulus brachypeltis Fryer, 1959
  • Argulus caecus Wilson C.B., 1922
  • Argulus capensis Barnard, 1955
  • Argulus carteri Cunnington, 1931
  • Argulus catostomi Dana & Herrick, 1837
  • Argulus cauveriensis Thomas & Devaraj, 1975
  • Argulus celioi Souza & Malta, 2018
  • Argulus chesapeakensis Cressey, 1971
  • Argulus chicomendesi Malta & Varella, 2000
  • Argulus chilensis Martinez, 1952
  • Argulus chinensis Ku & Yang, 1955
  • Argulus chiropteroideus Aguiar, Rosim, Santos, Luque, Ceccarelli, Adriano & Tavares, 2017
  • Argulus chromidis Krøyer, 1863
  • Argulus confusus Rushton-Mellor, 1994
  • Argulus coregoni Thorell, 1865
  • Argulus cubensis Wilson C.B., 1936
  • Argulus cunningtoni Fryer, 1965
  • Argulus dactylopteri Thorell, 1865
  • Argulus dageti Dollfus, 1960
  • Argulus dartevellei Brian, 1940
  • Argulus diversicolor Byrnes, 1985
  • Argulus diversus Wilson C.B., 1944
  • Argulus ellipticaudatus Wang K.N., 1960
  • Argulus elongatus Heller, 1857
  • Argulus ernsti Weibezahn & Cobo, 1964
  • Argulus exiguus Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus flavescens Wilson C.B., 1916
  • Argulus floridensis Meehan, 1940
  • Argulus fluviatilis Thomas & Devaraj, 1975
  • Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Argulus fryeri Rushton-Mellor, 1994
  • Argulus funduli Krøyer, 1863
  • Argulus fuscus Bere, 1936
  • Argulus giganteus Ramakrishna, 1952
  • Argulus giordanii Brian, 1959
  • Argulus gracilis Rushton-Mellor, 1994
  • Argulus hylae Lemos de Castro & Gomes-Correa, 1985
  • Argulus ichesi Bouvier, 1910
  • Argulus incisus Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus indicus Weber, 1892
  • Argulus ingens Wilson C.B., 1912
  • Argulus intectus Wilson C.B., 1944
  • Argulus izintwala Van As J.G. & Van As L.L., 2001
  • Argulus japonicus Thiele, 1900
  • Argulus jollymani Fryer, 1956
  • Argulus juparanensis Lemos de Castro, 1950
  • Argulus kosus Avenant-Oldewage, 1994
  • Argulus kunmingensis Shen, 1940
  • Argulus kusafugu Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959
  • Argulus laticauda Smith S.I., 1874
  • Argulus lepidostei Kellicott, 1877
  • Argulus longicaudatus Wilson C.B., 1944
  • Argulus lunatus Wilson C.B., 1944
  • Argulus macropterus Heegaard, 1962
  • Argulus maculosus Wilson C.B., 1902
  • Argulus maharashtrians Bari, 2018
  • Argulus major Wang K.N., 1960
  • Argulus mangalorensis Natarajan, 1982
  • Argulus matuii Sikama, 1938
  • Argulus meehani Cressey, 1971
  • Argulus megalops Smith S.I., 1874
  • Argulus melanostictus Wilson C.B., 1935
  • Argulus melita Beneden, 1891
  • Argulus mexicanus Pineda, Paramo & del Rio, 1995
  • Argulus mississippiensis Wilson C.B., 1916
  • Argulus mongolianus Tokioka, 1939
  • Argulus monodi Fryer, 1959
  • Argulus mugili Wang K.N., 1961
  • Argulus multicolor Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1937
  • Argulus multipocula Barnard, 1955
  • Argulus nativus Kirtisinghe, 1959
  • Argulus nattereri Heller, 1857
  • Argulus niger Wilson C.B., 1902
  • Argulus nobilis Thiele, 1904
  • Argulus onodai Tokioka, 1936
  • Argulus papuensis Rushton-Mellor, 1994
  • Argulus paranensis Ringuelet, 1943
  • Argulus parsi Tripathi, 1975
  • Argulus patagonicus Ringuelet, 1943
  • Argulus personatus Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus peruvianus Oliva, Duran & Verano, 1980
  • Argulus pestifer Ringuelet, 1948
  • Argulus piperatus Wilson C.B., 1920
  • Argulus plecoglossi Yamaguti, 1937
  • Argulus pugettensis Dana, 1852
  • Argulus puthenveliensis Ramakrishna, 1959
  • Argulus quadristriatus Devaraj & Ameer Hamsa, 1977
  • Argulus reticulatus Wilson C.B., 1920
  • Argulus rhamdiae Wilson C.B., 1936
  • Argulus rhipidiophorus Monod, 1931
  • Argulus rijckmansii Brian, 1940
  • Argulus rotundus Wilson C.B., 1944
  • Argulus rubescens Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus rubropunctatus Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus salminei Krøyer, 1863
  • Argulus schoutedeni Monod, 1928
  • Argulus scutiformis Thiele, 1900
  • Argulus siamensis Wilson C.B., 1926
  • Argulus sindhensis Mahar & Jafri, 2011
  • Argulus spinulosus Silva, 1980
  • Argulus stizostethii Kellicott, 1880
  • Argulus striatus Cunnington, 1913
  • Argulus taliensis Shen, 1948
  • Argulus tientsinensis Ku & Wang, 1956
  • Argulus trachynoti Brian, 1927
  • Argulus trilineatus Wilson C.B., 1904
  • Argulus tristramellae Paperna, 1967
  • Argulus varians Bere, 1936
  • Argulus ventanensis Taznola & Villegas-Ojeda, 2017
  • Argulus versicolor Wilson C.B., 1902
  • Argulus vierai Pereira-Fonseca, 1939
  • Argulus violaceus Thomsen, 1925
  • Argulus vittatus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814)
  • Argulus wilsoni Brian, 1940
  • Argulus ybatecobe Souza, Porto & Malta, 2018
  • Argulus yucatanus Poly, 2005
  • Argulus yuii Wang K.N., 1958
  • Argulus yunnanensis Shen, 1948

References
  1. Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2021). "Argulus Müller O.F., 1785". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. "Argulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  3. "Argulus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  4. "Argulus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  5. Hunt, Rhi; Cable, Jo (August 2020). "Life in the fast lane: Temperature, density and host species impact survival and growth of the fish ectoparasite Argulus foliaceus". Journal of Thermal Biology. 92: 102687. doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102687. PMID 32888555. S2CID 221502848.

Further reading
  • Meehean, O. Lloyd (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. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.88-3087.459.
  • Media related to Argulus at Wikimedia Commons


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