Name - Caligus Mueller 1785

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1842234 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Caligus

• Cresseyella Bezdek & Cressey 2004

• Sciaenophilus van Beneden 1852

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• The genus Caligus Muller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved.
• Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes.
• The discovery of Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Caligidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, and the recognition of Sciaenophilus van Beneden, 1852 as a junior synonym of Caligus Muller, 1785.
• Redescription of Caligus pagelli Delamare Deboutteville & Nues-Ruivo, 1958 (Copepoda: Caligidae) on the common pandora, Pagellus erythrinus (Linnaeus), in western Mediterranean waters off Corsica, France.
• Two new species of the genus Caligus (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from the Sea of Japan, with a note on the establishment of a new species group.

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