Fish lice

Fish lice
	Argulus sp. on a stickleback
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Branchiura
Order:	Arguloida; Yamaguti, 1963
Family:	Argulidae; Leach, 1819

Fish lice are the family Argulidae, or 'carp lice'. They are a group of parasitic crustaceans in the class Maxillopoda.

Although they are thought to be primitive forms, they have no fossil record. Argulidae is the only family in the order Arguloida (occasionally "Arguloidea"),[1] although a second family, Dipteropeltidae, has been proposed.[2]

References

Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An updated classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
P. Myers R.; et al. (2006). "Animal Diversity Web: Arguloidea". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

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[M&D-1] Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An updated classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

[2] P. Myers R.; et al. (2006). "Animal Diversity Web: Arguloidea". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2014-05-21.