Branchiura


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Noun1.Branchiura - copepods with suctorial mouthpartsBranchiura - copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
animal order - the order of animals
Copepoda, subclass Copepoda - minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans
fish louse - a kind of copepod
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(Crustacea, Branchiura) infestation and treatment with organophosphate.
Branchiura -- A Compendium of The Geographical Distribution and Summary of Their Biology
Argulus, one of the four genera of class Branchiura (Poly, 2008; Martin and Davis, 2001) has a world wide distibution.
The major crustaceans parasites commonly encountered in cultured and wild fish are: copepods (ergasilidea and lernaeidae), branchiura (argulidae) and isopods).
Os peixes de um lago de varzea da Amazonia central (Lago Janauaca, Rio Solimoes) e suas relacoes com os crustaceos ectoparasitas (Branchiura: Argulidae).
Of these six species belong to the Tubificidae: Tubifex tubifex (Muller, 1774), Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Claparede, 1862), Limnodrilus claparedeianus (Ratzel, 1868), Potamothrix hammoniensis (Michaelsen, 1901), Potamothrix bedoti (Piguet, 1913), and Branchiura sowerbyi (Beddard, 1892); five species to the Naididae: Nais pardalis (Piguet, 1906), Ophidonais serpentina (Muller, 1774), Dero digitata (Muller, 1773), Slavina appendiculata (d'Udekem, 1855), and Stylaria lacustris (Linnaeus, 1767); and the genus Mesenchytraeus to Enchytraeidae.
Species St I St II ANNELIDA Oligochaeta Tubificdae Tubifex tubifex 136.5 [+ or -] 369.36 84 [+ or -] 241.42 (Muller) (0-1350) (0-882) Branchiura sowerbyi 15.75 [+ or -] 32.06 6.75 [+ or -] 16.07 (Beddard) (0-108) (0-54) Limnodrillus 0.75 [+ or -] 2.49 0.75 [+ or -] 2.49 hoffmeisteri (0-9) (0-9) Claparede Hirudinea Glossiphoniidae Helobdella sp.
First maxillae suction discs in branchiura (Crustacea): development and evolution in light of the first molecular phylogeny of branchiura,pentastomida, and other "maxillopoda." Arthropod Struct Dev.
Incidentally, in Rio Tercero Reservoir, the burrowing oligochaete Branchiura sowerbyi was found in the nearby sediments, but not in L.