Copepoda taxon details
Anchicaligus nautili Stebbing, 1900
348787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348787)
accepted
Species
Anchicaligus ocularis (Heegaard, 1972) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligulina ocularis Heegaard, 1972 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligus nautili Willey, 1897 · unaccepted > nomen nudum
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Stebbing, T.R.R. (1900). On Crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. <em>Pages 605-690, In: Willey, A. (ed.), Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897.</em> Part V. Cambridge University Press.
page(s): 605-690 [details]
page(s): 605-690 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Anchicaligus nautili Stebbing, 1900. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348787 on 2026-05-10
original description
Stebbing, T.R.R. (1900). On Crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. <em>Pages 605-690, In: Willey, A. (ed.), Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897.</em> Part V. Cambridge University Press.
page(s): 605-690 [details]
original description (of Caligus nautili Willey, 1897) Willey, A. (1897). Letters from New Guinea on Nautilus and some other organisms. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series.</em> (n.s.), 39 (2): 145-180 (161-166). [for 1896]. [details]
original description (of Caligulina ocularis Heegaard, 1972) Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Aneesh, P.T., A.K. Helna, M.P. Prabhakaran, R. Ravinesh & A.B. Kumar. (2021). Complementary Description and Range Extension of an Unusual Caligid Copepod Anchicaligus nautili (Willey, 1896) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) Parasitizing the Endangered Deep-sea Cephalopod Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 from the Indian Ocean. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 37(2):757-766 . Aug 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00331-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional 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 [request]
redescription Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004204256_001 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Ho, J.S. (1980). Anchicaligus nautili (Willey), a caligid copepod parasitic on Nautilus in Palau, with discussion of Caligulina Heegaard, 1972. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 25(1-4):157-165, figs. 1-4. (ii-1980), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175987 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 605-690 [details]
original description (of Caligus nautili Willey, 1897) Willey, A. (1897). Letters from New Guinea on Nautilus and some other organisms. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series.</em> (n.s.), 39 (2): 145-180 (161-166). [for 1896]. [details]
original description (of Caligulina ocularis Heegaard, 1972) Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Aneesh, P.T., A.K. Helna, M.P. Prabhakaran, R. Ravinesh & A.B. Kumar. (2021). Complementary Description and Range Extension of an Unusual Caligid Copepod Anchicaligus nautili (Willey, 1896) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) Parasitizing the Endangered Deep-sea Cephalopod Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 from the Indian Ocean. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 37(2):757-766 . Aug 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00331-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional 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
[request]redescription Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004204256_001 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Ho, J.S. (1980). Anchicaligus nautili (Willey), a caligid copepod parasitic on Nautilus in Palau, with discussion of Caligulina Heegaard, 1972. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 25(1-4):157-165, figs. 1-4. (ii-1980), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175987 [details] Available for editors
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Remark Stebbing (1900) gave a very good description, based on specimens that Willey had collected in the 1890s in New Guinea etc. as a parasite on the pearly nautilus. Willey had mentioned these in a letter to his prof Lankester in:Willey, A. (1896) Letters from New Guinea on Nautilus and some other Organisms. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series, 39:145-180.
Stebbing quotes the passage of interest wherein Willey mentions "Caligus nautili" [as a nomen nudum]. Stebbing gives Willey credit for the species Anchicaligus nautili, as do you. However, it should be Anchicaligus nautili Stebbing, 1900. That is, both the genus and the species are Stebbing's.
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
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