Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Ergasilidae > Genus Ergasilus

Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ergasilus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name
*Ergasiloides*	Sars G.O., 1909	synonym

Literature

original description	Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Kelly, H.D. & R. Allison. (1965). Obervations of the infestation of a freshwater fish population by a marine copepod (Ergasilus lizae Kroyer, 1863). Proceedings of a Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners 16:236-239, tab. 1.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Byrnes, T. (1986). Some ergasilids (Copepoda) parasitic on four species of Australian bream, Acanthopagrus spp. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37(1):81-93, figs. 1-29, tabs. 1-2. (06.iii.1986).
additional source	Kim, I.H. (2014). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida : Fish-Parasitic Cyclopoid Copepods. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea). 21(37):226 pp.
additional source	Santos-Cavalcanti, E.T., G.C. Pavanelli, S. Chellappa & R.M. Takemoto. (2005). Ocorrência de Ergasilus versicolor e E. lizae (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) na tainha Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) das águas costeiras de Ponta Negra, Rio Grande do Norte. Occurrence of Ergasilus versicolor and E. lizae (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) on the tainha Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 (Osteichthyes, Mugilidae) from coastal waters of Ponta Negra, Rio Grande do Norte. Arquivo de Ciências do Mar, Fortaleza. 37:131-134. (In Portuguese).
additional source	Fernández Bargiela, J. (1987). Los parasitos de la lisa Mugil cephalus L., en Chile: sistematica y aspectos poblacionales (Perciformes: Mugilidae). The parasites of the 'Lisa' Mugil cephalic L. in Chile: Systematic and populations features (Perciformes: Mugilidae). Gayana Zoologist. 51(1-4): 3–58.
additional source	Thomsen, R. (1949). Copépodos parásitos de los peces marinos del Uruguay. [Parasitic copepods of marine fishes of Uruguay.]. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo. 3(54):1-41, pls. 1-14. (16-ix-1949).
additional source	Morales-Serna, F.N. & S. Camacho-Zepeda. (2024). Morphology, DNA barcoding and seasonal occurrence of Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863 (Copepoda: Ergasilidae) parasitizing mullets from northwestern Mexico. Systematic Parasitology. 101(5):1-13. Oct 2024.
additional source	Roberts, L.S. (1970). Ergasilus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida): revision and key to species in North America. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 89:134-161, figs. 1-33. (22-iv-1970)
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ergasilus lizae Krøyer, 1863. 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:128826