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Caligus Müller O.F., 1785

Caligus sp.
Caligus sp.

135566  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135566)

accepted
Genus
Caligopsis Markevich, 1940 · unaccepted (junior homonym)
Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901 · unaccepted (recognised as synonym by Dojiri &...)  
recognised as synonym by Dojiri & Ho, 2013
Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (according to Ozak et al., 2017)
Scienophilus Beneden, 1852 · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Caligus affinis Heller, 1866
  2. Species Caligus apodus (Brian, 1924)
  3. Species Caligus belones Krøyer, 1863
  4. Species Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914
  5. Species Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905
  6. Species Caligus brevicaudatus Scott A., 1901
  7. Species Caligus brevipedis Bassett-Smith, 1896
  8. Species Caligus centrodonti Baird, 1850
  9. Species Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  10. Species Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785
  11. Species Caligus dakari Beneden, 1892
  12. Species Caligus deformis Brian, 1924
  13. Species Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832
  14. Species Caligus dicentrarchi Cabral & Raibaut, 1986
  15. Species Caligus dieuzeidei Brian, 1932
  16. Species Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832
  17. Species Caligus gurnardi Krøyer, 1863
  18. Species Caligus hyalinus Czerniavski, 1868
  19. Species Caligus labracis Scott T., 1902
  20. Species Caligus lacustris Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  21. Species Caligus lichiae Brian, 1906
  22. Species Caligus ligusticus Brian, 1906
  23. Species Caligus madeirensis Hamdi, Hermida, Kamanli, Benmansour, Özak & Boxshall, 2021
  24. Species Caligus minimus Otto, 1821
  25. Species Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935
  26. Species Caligus musaicus Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010
  27. Species Caligus pagelli Delamare Deboutteville & Nuñes-Ruivo, 1958
  28. Species Caligus pageti Russell, 1925
  29. Species Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863
  30. Species Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852
  31. Species Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898
  32. Species Caligus scribae Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984
  33. Species Caligus solea Demirkale, Özak, Yanar & Boxshall, 2014
  34. Species Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924
  35. Species Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)
  36. Species Caligus tunisiensis Hamdi, Benmansour, Zouari-Tlig, Kamanli, Özak & Boxshall, 2020
  37. Species Caligus turkiyensis Öktener, Montes, Romero, Türker & Trilles, 2024
  38. Species Caligus vexator Heller, 1865
  39. Species Caligus zei Norman & Scott T., 1906
  40. Species Caligus alalongae Krøyer, 1863 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  41. Species Caligus angustatus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus gurnardi Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  42. Species Caligus guerini Guiart, 1913 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Caligus leptochilus Leuckart in Frey & Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (long treated as synonym of Caligus rapax, probably synonym of C. elongatus)
  44. Species Caligus mauritanicus Brian, 1924 accepted as Caligus dakari Beneden, 1892 (synonym)
  45. Species Caligus ponticus (Markevich, 1940) accepted as Markevichus ponticus (Markevich, 1940) (unaccepted > unavailable name, Caligopsis Markevich, 1940. Rep. Acad. Sci. Ukr. SSR., no. 11, 14, 19. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). Preoccupied by Caligopsis Seydel, 1924. N. Beitr. syst. Insektenkunde, 3, 30. (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).)
  46. Species Caligus productus Müller O.F., 1785 accepted as Dinemoura producta (Müller O.F., 1785) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=135566 on 2026-01-22
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Caligus Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/10.1017/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135566 on 2026-01-22
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2015-02-04 09:38:04Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2019-06-13 19:13:58Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2020-07-07 11:41:59Z
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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligopsis Markevich, 1940) Markevich, A.P. (1940). Novi vidi parazitichnikh Copepoda. Neue Arten parasitischer Copepoden. [New species of parasitic copepods.]. <em>Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koiy RSR, Kiev.</em> 1940(11):11-21, figs. 1-9. (16-xi-1940, Ukrainian and German.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901) Scott, A. (1901). Some additions to the fauna of Liverpool Bay, collected May 1st 1900, to April 30th 1901. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 15:342-353, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50207057 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scienophilus Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. [Note on a new genus of parasitic Crustacean of the Caligidae family.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in RoR) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. Van. (1852). Note sur quelques parasites d'un poisson rare sur nos côtes (le Maigre d'Europe, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier). [Note on some parasites of a rare fish on our coasts (the European meagre, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier).]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):98-109, pl. 1. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008) Özdikmen, H. (2008). Nomenclatural changes for nine crustacean genera (Crustacea: Copepoda). Munis Entomology and Zoology 3(1):265-274. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in RoR) [details] 

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Latreille, [P.A.]. (1829). Le Règne Animal Distribué d'Après son Organisation, pour Servir de Base a l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux et d'Introduction a l'Anatomie Comparée par M. Le Baron Cuvier. Nouvelle Édition, Revue et Augmentée. Vol. 4. Crustacés, Arachnides et Partie des Insectes. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard. [The Animal Kingdom Distributed According to its Organization, to Serve as a Basis for the Natural History of Animals and as an Introduction to Comparative Anatomy by Mr. Baron Cuvier. New Edition, Revised and Augmented. Vol. 4. Crustaceans, Arachnids and Part of Insects. Paris: Chez Déterville & Chez Crochard]. <em>In: G. Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 3nd ed., Paris, 4: 99-101.</em> xxvii + 584 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33374495#page/9/mode/1up [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Byrnes, T. (1987). Caligids (Copepoda: Caligidae) found on the bream (Acanthopagrus spp.) of Australia. Journal of Natural History, London 21(2):363-404.
note: Caligus sp.1, sp. 2, [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Margolis, L., Z. Kabata & R.R. Parker. (1975). Catalogue and synopsis of Caligus, a genus of Copepoda (Crustacea) parasitic on fishes. <em>Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 192:1-117. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yamaguti, S. (1974). Key to female parasitic copepods of genus Caligus from Japanese waters. Japanese Journal of Parasitology 23(1):31-34. (ii-1974) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Goodsir, H.D.S. (1842). On a new genus and six new species of Crustacea with observations on the development of the egg and on the metamorphosis of Caligus, Carcinus, and Pagurus. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 33: 174-192,1 pl. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ho, J.S., C.L. Lin & W.C. Liu. (2016). High diversity of Caligus species (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) in Taiwanese waters. <em>In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:114-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Caligopsis Document hosted within ERMS (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Caligus Document hosted within ERMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocaligus Document hosted within ERMS (from synonym Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sciaenophilus Document hosted within ERMS (from synonym Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Caligopsis Document hosted within ERMS (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Caligus Document hosted within ERMS 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudocaligus Document hosted within ERMS (from synonym Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Sciaenophilus Document hosted within ERMS (from synonym Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852)
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligopsis) (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus) 
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