The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Copepoda

(Copepods)

LERNAEIDAE

Lernaea cyprinaceae (Linnaeus)

 

 

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Distribution Citations

1950 Fullwood

1967 Lawrence & Murphy

1977 Gruninger Murphy
         Britton

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-fish ectoparasites

-Hosts: Pomoxis annularis (Lawrence & Murphy 1967; Gruninger, Murpy & Britton 1977); Ictalurus punctatus, Lepuuis macrochirus (Gruninger, Murphy & Britton 1977); Pimephales promelas (Fullwood 1950)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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