WoRMS taxon details

Caligus savala Gnanamuthu, 1948

349735  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349735)

accepted
Species
Caligus acutus Kirtisinghe, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus affinis Kurian, 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gnanamuthu, C.P. (1948). Notes on the anatomy and physiology of Caligus savala n. sp., a parasitic copepod from Madras plankton. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118(3):591-606, figs. 1-8. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Distribution India; Sri Lanka  
Distribution India; Sri Lanka [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Caligus savala Gnanamuthu, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349735 on 2024-04-24
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original description Gnanamuthu, C.P. (1948). Notes on the anatomy and physiology of Caligus savala n. sp., a parasitic copepod from Madras plankton. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 118(3):591-606, figs. 1-8. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Caligus affinis Kurian, 1961) Kurian, C.V. (1961). Parasitic copepods from fishes from Kerala, no. 3. Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:63-77, figs. 1-48. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Caligus acutus Kirtisinghe, 1964) 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 [request] 

original description  (of Caligus cunicephalus Gnanamuthu, 1950) Gnanamuthu, C.P. (1950). Three new copepod parasites of the ribbon fish from South India. Journal of Parasitology 36:113-119, figs. 1-46. (iv-1950) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]   

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 [request] 

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. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Distribution India; Sri Lanka [details]