WoRMS name details
Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849
349629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349629)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Nicolet, H. (1849). Chapter 8. Fauna Chilena. <em>In: Zoologia, Vol. 3 [Series: Gay, C., Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile: Según Documentos Adquiridos en Esta República Durante Doce Años de Residencia en Ellas y Publicado Bajo los Auspicios del Supremo Gobierno]. Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago, Chile.</em> 547 pp. [copepodos.:296-303.]. [1848-1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40538364 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849
This species, as “Calygus Gayi”, was described by Nicolet (1849) from “a fish in...
This species, as “Calygus Gayi”, was described by Nicolet (1849) from “a fish in...
Taxonomic remark Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849
This species, as “Calygus Gayi”, was described by Nicolet (1849) from “a fish in Chiloe” (southern Chile). The description, in Spanish, was brief, but a colour illustration of an ovigerous adult female was published subsequently in the accompanying Atlas (Gay, 1854). The body length was given as “2 lineas” – which is equivalent to 4.23 mm. When Wilson (1905) described Caligus teres Wilson, 1905, he commented that it resembles Caligus gayi “in many particulars, but there is still enough difference, particularly in the coloration, to render it certain that the two are distinct species.” Wilson’s females of C. teres were 4.75 mm long.
Colour has rarely been used to distinguish between parasitic copepods, especially when making comparisons with early nineteenth century, hand-painted illustrations. However, because of the lack of detail in the description of C. gayi, it is not possible to unequivocally identify this species and it is treated here as a species inquirendum, following Parker (1968) who included it in his “List of Caligus species named prior to 1899 considered nomina nuda or species inquirenda”. [details]
This species, as “Calygus Gayi”, was described by Nicolet (1849) from “a fish in Chiloe” (southern Chile). The description, in Spanish, was brief, but a colour illustration of an ovigerous adult female was published subsequently in the accompanying Atlas (Gay, 1854). The body length was given as “2 lineas” – which is equivalent to 4.23 mm. When Wilson (1905) described Caligus teres Wilson, 1905, he commented that it resembles Caligus gayi “in many particulars, but there is still enough difference, particularly in the coloration, to render it certain that the two are distinct species.” Wilson’s females of C. teres were 4.75 mm long.
Colour has rarely been used to distinguish between parasitic copepods, especially when making comparisons with early nineteenth century, hand-painted illustrations. However, because of the lack of detail in the description of C. gayi, it is not possible to unequivocally identify this species and it is treated here as a species inquirendum, following Parker (1968) who included it in his “List of Caligus species named prior to 1899 considered nomina nuda or species inquirenda”. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349629 on 2024-09-18
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Nicolet, H. (1849). Chapter 8. Fauna Chilena. <em>In: Zoologia, Vol. 3 [Series: Gay, C., Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile: Según Documentos Adquiridos en Esta República Durante Doce Años de Residencia en Ellas y Publicado Bajo los Auspicios del Supremo Gobierno]. Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago, Chile.</em> 547 pp. [copepodos.:296-303.]. [1848-1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40538364 [details]
additional source Gay, C. (1849). Atlas de Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Paris Number in 1854, 1 & 2. (Crustacea: pl. 3 figs. 5-6, 12) [details]
additional source Hayes, P., J.L. Justine & G.A. Boxshall. (2012). The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3534:21-39., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p039f.pdf [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gay, C. (1849). Atlas de Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile. Paris Number in 1854, 1 & 2. (Crustacea: pl. 3 figs. 5-6, 12) [details]
additional source Hayes, P., J.L. Justine & G.A. Boxshall. (2012). The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3534:21-39., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p039f.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849This species, as “Calygus Gayi”, was described by Nicolet (1849) from “a fish in Chiloe” (southern Chile). The description, in Spanish, was brief, but a colour illustration of an ovigerous adult female was published subsequently in the accompanying Atlas (Gay, 1854). The body length was given as “2 lineas” – which is equivalent to 4.23 mm. When Wilson (1905) described Caligus teres Wilson, 1905, he commented that it resembles Caligus gayi “in many particulars, but there is still enough difference, particularly in the coloration, to render it certain that the two are distinct species.” Wilson’s females of C. teres were 4.75 mm long.
Colour has rarely been used to distinguish between parasitic copepods, especially when making comparisons with early nineteenth century, hand-painted illustrations. However, because of the lack of detail in the description of C. gayi, it is not possible to unequivocally identify this species and it is treated here as a species inquirendum, following Parker (1968) who included it in his “List of Caligus species named prior to 1899 considered nomina nuda or species inquirenda”. [details]
