WoRMS taxon details
Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)
933782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:933782)
accepted
Species
Caligus benedeni Bassett-Smith, 1898 · unaccepted
Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898) · unaccepted (Synonymized by Kabata (1979))
Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852 · unaccepted (generic transfer)
marine
(of Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=933782 on 2024-08-15
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original description
(of Caligus benedeni Bassett-Smith, 1898) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new parasitic Copepoda found on fish at Bombay. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1:1-17, pls. 1-7. (i-1898) [details]
original description (of Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Gerstaecker, A. 1866. Spaltfüssler: Copepoda. In: Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreiches, 5 Abt. 1, Crustacea, 1: 590-806, pls. 7-15 (1879). [details]
status source Özak, A.A., A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). 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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 94(1):97-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9682-4 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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new combination reference Gerstaecker, A. 1866. Spaltfüssler: Copepoda. In: Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreiches, 5 Abt. 1, Crustacea, 1: 590-806, pls. 7-15 (1879). [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
status source Özak, A.A., A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). 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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 94(1):97-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9682-4 [details] Available for editors
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caligus benedeni Bassett-Smith, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898))