WoRMS taxon details

Caligidae Burmeister, 1835

135513  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135513)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Siphonostomatoida (Order)
  10. Caligidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eirgidae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Euryphoridae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Euryphorinae Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pargulidae Shen, 1940 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Sciaenophilidae Heegaard, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Abasia Wilson C.B., 1908
  2. Genus Alanlewisia Boxshall, 2008
  3. Genus Alebion Krøyer, 1863
  4. Genus Anchicaligus Stebbing, 1900
  5. Genus Anuretes Heller, 1865
  6. Genus Arrama Dojiri & Cressey, 1991
  7. Genus Avitocaligus Boxshall & Justine, 2005
  8. Genus Belizia Cressey, 1990
  9. Genus Caligodes Heller, 1865
  10. Genus Caligus Müller O.F., 1785
  11. Genus Caritus Cressey, 1967
  12. Genus Dartevellia Brian, 1939
  13. Genus Echetus Krøyer, 1864
  14. Genus Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840
  15. Genus Gloiopotes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  16. Genus Hermilius Heller, 1865
  17. Genus Kabataella Prabha & Pillai, 1984
  18. Genus Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
  19. Genus Mappates Rangnekar, 1958
  20. Genus Paralebion Wilson C.B., 1911
  21. Genus Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  22. Genus Parechetus Pillai, 1962
  23. Genus Pseudanuretes Yamaguti, 1936
  24. Genus Pseudechetus Prabha & Pillai, 1979
  25. Genus Pupulina Beneden, 1892
  26. Genus Synestius Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  27. Genus Tuxophorus Wilson C.B., 1908
  28. Genus Alicaligus Shiino, 1955 accepted as Abasia Wilson C.B., 1908 (synonym )
  29. Subfamily Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Caligidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Genus Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990 accepted as Cresseyella Bezděk & Cressey, 2004 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (preoccupied according to Bezdek & Cressey, 2004)
  31. Genus Arnaeus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonym)
  32. Genus Caligera Beneden, 1892 accepted as Alebion Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  33. Genus Caligeria Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonym)
  34. Genus Caligopsis Markevich, 1940 accepted as Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (junior homonym)
  35. Genus Caligulina Heegaard, 1972 accepted as Anchicaligus Stebbing, 1900 (synonym)
  36. Genus Caligulus Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  37. Genus Calina Beneden, 1892 accepted as Gloiopotes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
  38. Genus Chalimus Burmeister, 1833 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (based on larval stages, but synonymised with Lepeophtheirus)
  39. Genus Cresseyella Bezděk & Cressey, 2004 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym according to Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
  40. Genus Dentigryps Wilson C.B., 1913 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
  41. Genus Diphyllogaster Brian, 1899 accepted as Pupulina Beneden, 1892 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym according to Pillai & Padmanabhan, 1963)
  42. Subfamily Dissoninae Kurtz, 1924 accepted as Dissonidae Kurtz, 1924 (elevated to family level)
  43. Genus Dysgamus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonymy)
  44. Genus Eirgos Bere, 1936 accepted as Anuretes Heller, 1865 (synonym)
  45. Genus Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonym)
  46. Genus Heniochophilus Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 accepted as Anuretes Heller, 1865 (junior synonym according to Dojiri & Ho (2013))
  47. Genus Homoiotes Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
  48. Genus Indocaligus Pillai, 1961 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym according to Pillai (1963))
  49. Genus Lamarckina Quidor, 1913 accepted as Caligodes Heller, 1865 (unaccepted > junior homonym, preoccupied)
  50. Genus Laxe Strøm, 1765 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (Part of a vernacular name but listed as a synonym by Baird, 1850)
  51. Genus Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Genus Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Genus Midias Wilson C.B., 1911 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Genus Platyporinus Rao, 1950 accepted as Alebion Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  55. Genus Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (recognised as synonym by Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
  56. Genus Pseudolepeophtheirus Markevich, 1940 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (placed in synonymy by Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
  57. Genus Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962 accepted as Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, synonymy)
  58. Genus Risculus Leach, 1819 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  59. Genus Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Ozak et al., 2017)
  60. Genus Scienophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (misspelling)
  61. Genus Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Genus Tripartia Kazachenko, 2001 accepted as Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
  63. Subfamily Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Caligidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  64. Genus Tuxophoropsis Pillai, 1985 accepted as Tuxophorus Wilson C.B., 1908 (synonym)
  65. Genus Calistes Dana, 1849-1852 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, listed as genus inquirendum by Boxshall & Halsey, 2004)
marine, brackish, fresh
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligidae Burmeister, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135513 on 2025-02-27
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2005-05-04 07:42:17Z
changed
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-06-24 05:45:50Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2024-05-09 13:39:25Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Euryphorinae Wilson C.B., 1905) 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.
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Eirgidae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.
page(s): 95; note: established new family with Eirgos as the type genus [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Euryphoridae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pargulidae Shen, 1940) Shen, C.J. (1940). Two new species of Branchiura from Yunnan, belonging to Argulidae and Pargulidae, fam. nov. :263-271. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Sciaenophilidae Heegaard, 1966) Heegaard, P.E. (1966). Parasitic copepods from Texas. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 129: 187-197, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Boxshall, G.A. & M.A. Montú. (1997). Copepoda parasitic on Brazilian coastal fishes: A handbook. <em>Nauplius, Rio Grande.</em> 5(1):1-225. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2002). New species of Metacaligus (Caligidae, Copepoda) parasitic on the cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus) of Taiwan, with a cladistic analysis of the family Caligidae. Zoological Sciences 19(12):1363-1376. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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