Definition of Order Branchiura

1. Noun. Copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes.

Exact synonyms: Branchiura
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Copepoda, Subclass Copepoda
Member holonyms: Fish Louse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Branchiura

order Apodiformes
order Apterygiformes
order Arales
order Araneae
order Araneida
order Aristolochiales
order Artiodactyla
order Aspergillales
order Auriculariales
order Batoidei
order Batrachia
order Belemnoidea
order Bennettitales
order Berycomorphi
order Blastocladiales
order Branchiura (current term)
order Bryales
order Campanulales
order Caprimulgiformes
order Carnivora
order Caryophyllales
order Casuariiformes
order Casuarinales
order Caudata
order Cestida
order Cetacea
order Charadriiformes
order Charales
order Chelonethida
order Chelonia

Literary usage of Order Branchiura

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"(sometimes made a distinct order, Branchiura), fresh-water forms with compound eyes, liver lobes, and second maxillipeds metamorphosed into suckers. ..."

2. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1902)
"B (sometimes, but without warrant, made a distinct sub order, Branchiura) are fresh-water forms with compound eyes, liver lobes, and the second maxillipeds ..."

3. Elementary Text-book of Zoology by K[arl] Claus, F. G. Heathcote, Carl F. Claus (1884)
"Sub-order: Branchiura.' Carp-lice. With large compound eyes, and long protrusible spine in front of the suctorial tube of the mouth ; with four pairs of ..."

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