MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924

ERMS taxon details

Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924

AphiaID

558876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558876)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Caligus Müller O.F., 1785

Original name

Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924

Environment

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

Original description

Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie. 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558876 on 2026-07-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558876 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-01-28 21:03:35Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

Licensing

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original description Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie. 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69. [details] Available for editors

additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2025). Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov. Zootaxa. 5686(2): 151-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 [details] Available for editors

redescription Özak, A.A., H. El-Rashidy, I. Demirkale & G.A. Boxshall. (2010). The discovery of Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from the bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Systematic Parasitology. 76(3):223-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-010-9253-z [details] Available for editors

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