The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Copepoda

(copepods)

 

 ergasilus

ERGASILIDAE

Ergasilus sp.

also: Ergasilum sp.

 

Species reported
          from Texas:

 

 

Ergasilus arthrosis

Ergasilus chautauguaensis

Ergasilus lizae

Ergasilus tenax

Ergasilus versicolor

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

1967 Lawrence & Murphy

1971 Mackin
1976 Rogers

1980 Crist
1984 Venneman
1987 Lacy

 

notes:
*species exclusively parasitic on fish (Fitzpatrick 1983)

*collected as zooplankton (Venneman 1984)

*refs are for reports of genus only; species refs not included here; [ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated
copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser 
                          2010

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