WoRMS taxon details
Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785
135749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135749)
accepted
Species
Caligus aeglefinae Krøyer, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus americanus Pickering & Dana, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus bicuspidatus Nordmann, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus elegans Beneden, 1851 · unaccepted (synoym)
Caligus fallax Krøyer, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligus muelleri Leach, 1816 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus raniceps Heegaard, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cyclops piscinus (Linnaeus, 1761) · unaccepted
Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761 · unaccepted (probable synonym according to...)
probable synonym according to Damkaer (2002)
Monoculus thorace Ström, 1770 · unaccepted (synonym of C. curtus according to...)
synonym of C. curtus according to Muller (1785) but Berland & Margolis (1983) considered this a synonym of Lepeophtheirus salmonis
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 1-134, index, pls. 1-21. [details]
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Distribution Arctic-Boreal region of the Atlantic Ocean
Distribution Arctic-Boreal region of the Atlantic Ocean [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135749 on 2024-08-19
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original description
Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 1-134, index, pls. 1-21. [details]
original description (of Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910) Gadd, P. (1910). En ny Parasit-Copepod fran Ishafvet. <em>Öfversigt af Finska vetenskaps-societetens förhandlingar.</em> 52(6): 1-8, pl. 1. [details]
original description (of Caligus aeglefinae Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
original description (of Caligus americanus Pickering & Dana, 1838) Pickering, C. & J.D. Dana. (1838). Description of a crustaceous animal, belonging to the Caligus, - C. americanus. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 34(2):225-266, pls. 3-5. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caligus bicuspidatus Nordmann, 1832) Nordmann, A. von. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. <em>Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin.</em> XVIII:1-150, plates I-X., available online at https://archive.org/details/mikrographische00nordgoog [details]
original description (of Caligus raniceps Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Caligus elegans Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (3)16:71-131, pls. 2-6. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caligus fallax Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
original description (of Caligus muelleri Leach, 1816) Leach, W.E. (1816). Sur une nouvelle distribution des classes des Crustacés, des Myriapodes et des Arachnides. <em>Bulletin des Sciences de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> 1816:31-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31774136 [details]
original description (of Monoculus thorace Ström, 1770) Ström, H. (1770). Beskrivelse over Norske Insekter. Anden Prove. Skrifter som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Laerdoms og Videnskabers. <em>Acta Havniae.</em> 10: 23-26, pl.7, figs. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
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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 IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV. [details]
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1945). Some parasitic copepods from fishes in the Uppsala University collections. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)35(18):1-27, figs. 1-54. (17-i-1945) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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
[request]
additional source Krøyer, H. (1837). Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. (Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR). <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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
[request]
additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 74:1-20, pls. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Parker, R.R., Z. Kabata, L. Margolis & M.D. Dean. (1968). A review and description of Caligus curtus Müller, 1785 (Caligidae: Copepoda), type species of its genus. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(9):1923-1969, figs. 1-108. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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original description (of Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910) Gadd, P. (1910). En ny Parasit-Copepod fran Ishafvet. <em>Öfversigt af Finska vetenskaps-societetens förhandlingar.</em> 52(6): 1-8, pl. 1. [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
original description (of Caligus aeglefinae Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
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original description (of Caligus americanus Pickering & Dana, 1838) Pickering, C. & J.D. Dana. (1838). Description of a crustaceous animal, belonging to the Caligus, - C. americanus. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 34(2):225-266, pls. 3-5. (look up in IMIS) [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
original description (of Caligus bicuspidatus Nordmann, 1832) Nordmann, A. von. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. <em>Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin.</em> XVIII:1-150, plates I-X., available online at https://archive.org/details/mikrographische00nordgoog [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
original description (of Caligus raniceps Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Caligus elegans Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (3)16:71-131, pls. 2-6. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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original description (of Caligus fallax Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
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original description (of Caligus muelleri Leach, 1816) Leach, W.E. (1816). Sur une nouvelle distribution des classes des Crustacés, des Myriapodes et des Arachnides. <em>Bulletin des Sciences de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> 1816:31-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31774136 [details]
original description (of Monoculus thorace Ström, 1770) Ström, H. (1770). Beskrivelse over Norske Insekter. Anden Prove. Skrifter som udi det Kiøbenhavnske Selskab af Laerdoms og Videnskabers. <em>Acta Havniae.</em> 10: 23-26, pl.7, figs. 1-7. [details]
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original description (of Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761) Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, Descriptionibus insectorum. <em>Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden.</em> 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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 IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV. [details]
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1945). Some parasitic copepods from fishes in the Uppsala University collections. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)35(18):1-27, figs. 1-54. (17-i-1945) [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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 PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Krøyer, H. (1837). Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. (Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR). <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
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 PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> 74:1-20, pls. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Parker, R.R., Z. Kabata, L. Margolis & M.D. Dean. (1968). A review and description of Caligus curtus Müller, 1785 (Caligidae: Copepoda), type species of its genus. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(9):1923-1969, figs. 1-108. [details] Available for editors
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From editor or global species database
Distribution Arctic-Boreal region of the Atlantic Ocean [details]From other sources
Habitat Ectoparsite found on Gadus morhua. Circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus curtus)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caligus fallax Krøyer, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (88 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (141 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus curtus)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caligus fallax Krøyer, 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (88 records)
To ITIS