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 von 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. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details] 
Distribution Arctic-Boreal region of the Atlantic Ocean
Distribution Arctic-Boreal region of the Atlantic Ocean [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). 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 2025-02-26
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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. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details]
original description (of Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910) Gadd, P. (1910). En ny Parasit-Copepod fran Ishafvet. [A new Parasitic Copepod from the Arctic Ocean.]. <em>Öfversigt af Finska vetenskaps-societetens förhandlingar.</em> 52(6): 1-8, pl. 1. (Swedish). [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 von Nordmann, 1832) von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. [Micrographic contributions to the natural history of invertebrates.]. <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. [Research on some lower Crustaceans.]. <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. (1817). Sur une nouvelle distribution des classes des Crustacés, des Myriapodes et des Arachnides. [On a new distribution of the classes of Crustaceans, Myriapods and Arachnids.]. <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. [Description of Norwegian Insects. Second Sample. Writings as published by the Copenhagen Society of Learning and Science.]. <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, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]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 [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]
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 [request]
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 Brian, A. (1929). Copépodes parasites de poissons et d'Annélide provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. [Parasitic copepods of fish and annelids from the scientific campaigns of HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco.]. <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco.</em> 76:1-36, figs. 1-5, pls. 1-5. (2-iv-1929). [details] Available for editors [request]
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). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <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]
original description (of Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910) Gadd, P. (1910). En ny Parasit-Copepod fran Ishafvet. [A new Parasitic Copepod from the Arctic Ocean.]. <em>Öfversigt af Finska vetenskaps-societetens förhandlingar.</em> 52(6): 1-8, pl. 1. (Swedish). [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 von Nordmann, 1832) von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. [Micrographic contributions to the natural history of invertebrates.]. <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
[request]original description (of Caligus elegans Beneden, 1851) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Recherches sur quelques Crustacés inférieurs. [Research on some lower Crustaceans.]. <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. (1817). Sur une nouvelle distribution des classes des Crustacés, des Myriapodes et des Arachnides. [On a new distribution of the classes of Crustaceans, Myriapods and Arachnids.]. <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. [Description of Norwegian Insects. Second Sample. Writings as published by the Copenhagen Society of Learning and Science.]. <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, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]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
[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]
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
[request]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 Brian, A. (1929). Copépodes parasites de poissons et d'Annélide provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. [Parasitic copepods of fish and annelids from the scientific campaigns of HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco.]. <em>Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco.</em> 76:1-36, figs. 1-5, pls. 1-5. (2-iv-1929). [details] Available for editors
[request]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). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Arctic-Boreal region of the Atlantic Ocean [details]Unreviewed
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
