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Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898

135769 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135769)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Siphonostomatoida
  10. Caligidae
  11. Caligus
  12. Caligus robustus
accepted
Species
Caligus Müller O.F., 1785
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808678056 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135769 on 2026-07-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135769 on 2026-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff

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original description Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808678056 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [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 Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2007). Three species of Caligus Muller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on Caranx spp. (Teleostei: Carangidae) off Taiwan. Systematic Parasitology 68(1):33-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9084-0 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kazachenko, V.N., N.N. Kovaleva, V.T. Nguyen & H.D. Ngo. (2013). Paraziticheskiye rakoobraznyye ryb V'yetnama - Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida). [Fish parasitic crustaceans of Vietnam- Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida).]. <em>Proceedings of the II International scientific-practical conference "Scientific-practical fisheries management issues" on October 23-24, 2013 - Vladivostok 2013.</em> :238-250. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Khoa, T.N.D., S. Mazelan, S. Muda & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2019). Use of neem oil (Azadirachta indica) to control caligid copepod infestation on Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). Aquaculture Research, 50(7):1885-1892., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14074 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Osuna-Cabanillas, J.M., E. Marín-Enríquez, A.P. Martínez-Falcón, J.T. Timi & F.N. Morales-Serna. (2024). Low similarity between parasite communities of ten sympatric carangid species. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 101:1-11. 102885., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.102885 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Takemoto, R.M. J.F.R. Amato & J.L. Luque. (1996). Comparative analysis of the metazoan parasite communities of leatherjackets, Oligoplites palometa, O. saurus, and O. saliens (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from Sepetiba Bay, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 56(4):639-650. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1963). Copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes: Family Caligidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 5(1):68-96, figs. 1-16. (xii-1963) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [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): 345 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Takemoto, R.M. & J.L. Luque. (2002). Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae). <em>Acta Scientiarum, Biological Sciences, Maringá.</em> 24(2): 481-487. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1913). Crustacean parasites of West Indian fishes and land crabs, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1950):189-227, pls. 18-53. (3-iv-1913), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.44-1950.189 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hayes, P., J.L. Justine & G.A. Boxshall. (2012). The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3534:21-39., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p039f.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Violante-González, J., Y. Gallegos-Navarro, S. Monks, S. García-Ibáñez, A.A. Rojas-Herrera, G. Pulido-Flores, S. Villerías-Salinas & E. Larumbe-Morán. (2016). Parasites of the green jack Caranx caballus (Pisces: Carangidae) in three locations from Pacific coasts of Mexico, and their utility as biological tags. <em>Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad.</em> 87(3):1015-1022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmb.2016.07.010 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription Kazachenko, V.N., N.N. Kovaleva, H.D. Ngo, N.V. Ha & N.V. Thanh. (2014). Redescription of three caligid species of the genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae), parasites of marine fish Decapterus sp. (Perciformes: Carangidae) from Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam. Tap Chi Sinh Hoc, 36(1):1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v36n1.4513 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus robustus) 
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caligus robustus; USNM 42260) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Caligus robustus; USNM 42260) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records) 
To ITIS
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