WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Caligus hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837) 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]
original description
(of Caligus obscurus Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). A list of the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 4:153-163. (ii-1896) [details]
original description
(of Lepeophtheirus obscurus Baird, 1850) Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
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
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
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
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]
From editor or global species database
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Europe; North Sea; Faroes; Iceland; Brents Sea; Atlantic coast of North America as far south as Massachusetts; Bering Sea [details]From other sources
Distribution Arctic to Cape Cod [details]
Habitat ectoparasite found on Hippoglossus hippoglossus and Reinhardtius hippoglossoides. bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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