Dipteropeltis

Dipteropeltis
Dipteropeltis hirundo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Branchiura
Order: Arguloida
Family: Argulidae
Genus: Dipteropeltis
Calman, 1912
Species: D. hirundo
Binomial name
Dipteropeltis hirundo
Calman, 1912 [1]

Dipteropeltis hirundo is a little known species of fish louse. It is an ectoparasite of fish in South America,[2] including piranhas[3] and Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum.[4]

References

  1. ^ T. Chad Walter (July 15, 2008). "Dipteropeltis hirundo Calman, 1912". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=358322. Retrieved December 3, 2009. 
  2. ^ O. S. Møller, J. Olesen, A. Avenant-Oldewage, P. F. Thomsen & H. Glenner (2008). "First maxillae suction discs in Branchiura (Crustacea): Development and evolution in light of the first molecular phylogeny of Branchiura, Pentastomida, and other ‘‘Maxillopoda’’" (PDF). Arthropod Structure & Development 37: 333–346. http://www.zmuc.dk/InverWeb/staff/PDF/M%C3%B8ller%20Olesen%20Avenant-Oldewage%20Thomsen%20Glenner%202008.pdf. 
  3. ^ Lucélia Nobre Carvalho, Kleber Del-Claro & Ricardo Massato Takemoto (2003). "Host–parasite interaction between branchiurans (Crustacea: Argulidae) and piranhas (Osteichthyes: Serrasalminae) in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil". Environmental Biology of Fishes 67 (3): 289–296. doi:10.1023/A:1025899925545. 
  4. ^ M. Mamani, C. Hamel & P. A. Van Damme (2004). "Ectoparasites (Crustacea: Branchiura) of Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum (surubí) and P. tigrinum (chuncuina) in Bolivian whitewater floodplains" (PDF). Ecología en Bolivia 39 (2): 9–20. http://editorenjefe.ecologiabolivia.googlepages.com/Vandamme39-2.pdf. 


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