Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ichthyostraca

Branchiura Thorell, 1864

Rank: Subclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arguloida Yamaguti, 1963

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: carp lice; fish lice

German: Fischläuse; Karpfenläuse; Kiemenschwänze sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: 鰓尾亜綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: karplöss

Literature

original description	Malta, J.C.O. & A. Varella. (2009). Branchiura. In: Fonseca, C.R.V., C.U. Magalhães, J.A.. Rafael & E.A. Franklin (eds.). Fauna de Artropodes da Reserva Floresta Ducke Edition, Brazil. :17-21.
original description	Thorell, T. (1864). Om tvenne Europeiska Argulider; jemte anmärkningar om Argulidernas morfologi och systematiska ställning, samt en öfversigt af de för närvarande kända arterna af denna familj. [About two European Argulids; also notes on the morphology and systematic position of the Argulids, as well as an overview of the currently known species of this family.]. Oefversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademien Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 1864(1):7-72, pls. 2-4.
basis of record	Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.
additional source	Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Branchiura. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1081

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Branchiura Thorell, 1864. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f802b7c1-9af9-4320-91c8-d3fd3592b6d1