Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ichthyostraca > Subclass Branchiura > Order Arguloida > Family Argulidae > Genus Argulus

Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Monoculus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Argulus*	Müller O.F., 1785	accepted genus name
*Agenor*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Diprosia*	Rafinesque, 1814	synonym

Species group names

*Argulus rothschildi*	Leigh-Sharpe, 1933	subjective synonym
*Argulus viridis*	Nettovich, 1902	subjective synonym

Literature

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Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:234067

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0bb77f6b-8797-4003-accd-e517dc68f2ba