Specimen Information

Neoergasilus japonicus
Neoergasilus japonicus
(a parasitic copepod)
Crustaceans-Copepods
Exotic

Specimen ID1633869
GroupCrustaceans-Copepods
GenusNeoergasilus
Speciesjaponicus
Common Namea parasitic copepod
StateNY
CountyOswego
LocalityOneida Lake, Maple Bay
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameOneida
HUC8 Number04140202
HUC10 NameOneida Lake-Oneida River
HUC10 Number0414020208
HUC12 NameOneida Lake
HUC12 Number041402020808
Map
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Collection Day20
Collection Month9
Collection Year2018
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayhitch hiker | unknown
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:34007
Author:Marshall, C.C., P.L. Hudson, J.R. Jackson, J.K. Connolly, J.M. Watkins, and L.G. Rudstam
Date:2019
Title:First record of the non-indigenous parasitic copepod Neoergasilus japonicus (Harada, 1930) in the Lake Ontario Watershed: Oneida Lake, New York
Journal:Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume:45
Issue:6
Pages:1348-1353
CommentsTwo observed on a Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus); one observed on a White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii)
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected3


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