MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935

WoRMS taxon details

Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935

AphiaID

237922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237922)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Caligus Müller O.F., 1785

Original name

Caligus minimus mugilis Brian, 1935

Synonymised names

Caligus minimus mugilis Brian, 1935 · unaccepted

Caligus minimus var. mugilis Brian, 1935 · unaccepted (raised to species level)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Caligus minimus mugilis Brian, 1935) Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova. 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=237922 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-02-19 11:09:07Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2010-06-30 11:19:04Z

checked

Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-17 14:48:25Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

Licensing

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Sources (6)
Attributes (9)

Nomenclature

original description (of Caligus minimus mugilis Brian, 1935) Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova. 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Caligus minimus var. mugilis Brian, 1935) Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova. 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana, available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]

Taxonomy

status source Raibaut, A. & O.K. Ben Hassine. (1977). Les copépodes parasites des muges en Méditerranée. [Parasitic copepods of mullets in the Mediterranean.]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (3)472 (= Zool., 329): 833-848, figs. 1-33, tab. 1. (15-iii-1977). [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad. 3(149):378-432. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Alas, A. & A. Öktener. (2017). Confirmed occurrence of Caligus mugilis Brian (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida; Caligidae) with morphological characters in turkish marine waters. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 33(2):133-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-017-0030-5 [details]

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