Ichthyostraca
Appearance
Ichthyostraca Temporal range:
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Argulus coregoni | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | Pancrustacea |
Superclass: | Oligostraca |
Class: | Ichthyostraca |
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Ichthyostraca is a class of parasitic
Branchiura. They mainly parasitize various different vertebrates and feed on their blood or mucus.[2][3]
References
- S2CID 86957051.
- ^ Characterization of tongue worms, Linguatula spp. (Pentastomida) in Romania, with the first record of an unknown adult Linguatula from roe deer (Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus)
- ^ Thorp, James; Covich, Alan (2009). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (3rd ed.).