ARGULIDAE Leach, 1819
(fish lice, fish louse)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyARGULIDAE (fish lice, fish louse)
OrderARGULOIDEA (an order of crustaceans)
SubclassBRANCHIURA (fish lice)
ClassMAXILLOPODA (a class of crustaceans)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Avery, R.A. 1974 Identification of Animal Parasites Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

ARGULIDAE (fish lice, fish louse) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARGULIDAE (fish lice, fish louse)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARGULIDAE (fish lice, fish louse)
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