| Reference no. | Description | year | Name used | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3390 | Rushton-Mellor, S.K. 1994 The genus Argulus (Crustacea: Branchiura) in Africa: identification keys. Systematic Parasitology 28:51-63. | 1994 | Argulus purpureus | 52 |
| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Argulus purpureus | --> |
| 3394 | Tam, Q. 2005 Aspects of the biology of Argulus. MS dissertation. University of Johannesburg. 104 p. | 2005 | Argulus purpureus | 13 |