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Caligus Müller O.F., 1785

Caligus sp.
Caligus sp.

135566  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135566)

  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)
  11. Caligus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990 · unaccepted (preoccupied according to Bezdek &...)  
preoccupied according to Bezdek & Cressey, 2004
Caligopsis Markevich, 1940 · unaccepted (junior homonym)
Caligulus Heegaard, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus (Metacaligus) Thomsen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligus (Subcaligus) Heegaard, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cresseyella Bezděk & Cressey, 2004 · unaccepted (synonym according to Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Midias Wilson C.B., 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pargulus Shen, 1940 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901 · unaccepted (recognised as synonym by Dojiri &...)  
recognised as synonym by Dojiri & Ho, 2013
Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (synonymy)
Risculus Leach, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (according to Ozak et al., 2017)
Scienophilus Beneden, 1852 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Caligus abigailae Boxshall, 2018
  2. Species Caligus absens Ho, Lin & Chen, 2000
  3. Species Caligus acanthopagri Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994
  4. Species Caligus adanensis Özak, Sakarya & Boxshall, 2019
  5. Species Caligus aduncus Shen & Li, 1959
  6. Species Caligus affinis Heller, 1866
  7. Species Caligus afurcatus Wilson C.B., 1913
  8. Species Caligus alaihi Lewis A.G., 1968
  9. Species Caligus alepicolus Boxshall, 2018
  10. Species Caligus amblygenitalis Pillai N.K., 1961
  11. Species Caligus antennatus Boxshall & Gurney, 1980
  12. Species Caligus apodus (Brian, 1924)
  13. Species Caligus arii Bassett-Smith, 1898
  14. Species Caligus ariicolus Wilson C.B., 1928
  15. Species Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951
  16. Species Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965
  17. Species Caligus atromaculatus Wilson C.B., 1913
  18. Species Caligus auriolus Boxshall & Barton, 2023
  19. Species Caligus balistae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  20. Species Caligus belones Krøyer, 1863
  21. Species Caligus berychis Wilson C.B., 1936
  22. Species Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914
  23. Species Caligus bicycletus Heegaard, 1945
  24. Species Caligus bifurcus Shen, 1958
  25. Species Caligus bocki Heegaard, 1943
  26. Species Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905
  27. Species Caligus brevicaudatus Scott A., 1901
  28. Species Caligus brevicaudus Pillai N.K., 1963
  29. Species Caligus brevipedis Bassett-Smith, 1896
  30. Species Caligus brevis Shiino, 1954
  31. Species Caligus buechlerae Hewitt, 1964
  32. Species Caligus callaoensis Duran, 1980
  33. Species Caligus callyodoni Prabha & Pillai, 1986
  34. Species Caligus calotomi Shiino, 1954
  35. Species Caligus carangis Krøyer, 1863
  36. Species Caligus caudatus (Gnanamuthu, 1950)
  37. Species Caligus centrodonti Baird, 1850
  38. Species Caligus chamelensis Morales-Serna, Pinacho-Pinacho, Gómez & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2014
  39. Species Caligus cheilodactylus Krøyer, 1863
  40. Species Caligus chelifer Wilson C.B., 1905
  41. Species Caligus chiastos Lin & Ho, 2003
  42. Species Caligus chinglonglini Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 2019
  43. Species Caligus chorinemi Krøyer, 1863
  44. Species Caligus chrysophrysi Pillai N.K., 1985
  45. Species Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964
  46. Species Caligus confusus Pillai N.K., 1961
  47. Species Caligus constrictus Heller, 1865
  48. Species Caligus cookeoli Ho & Lin, 2010
  49. Species Caligus cordiventris Shiino, 1952
  50. Species Caligus cordyla Pillai N.K., 1963
  51. Species Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  52. Species Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, 1898
  53. Species Caligus costatus Shen & Li, 1959
  54. Species Caligus cresseyorum Kabata, 1992
  55. Species Caligus cultellus Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024
  56. Species Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785
  57. Species Caligus cybii Bassett-Smith, 1898
  58. Species Caligus dactylopteni Uma Devi & Shyamasundari, 1981
  59. Species Caligus dakari Beneden, 1892
  60. Species Caligus dampieri Byrnes T., 1987
  61. Species Caligus dasyaticus Rangnekar, 1957
  62. Species Caligus debueni Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961
  63. Species Caligus deformis Brian, 1924
  64. Species Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832
  65. Species Caligus dicentrarchi Cabral & Raibaut, 1986
  66. Species Caligus dieuzeidei Brian, 1932
  67. Species Caligus digitatus Ho & Lin, 2003
  68. Species Caligus dubius Scott T., 1894
  69. Species Caligus dussumieri Rangnekar, 1957
  70. Species Caligus elasmobranchi Boxshall, 2018
  71. Species Caligus eleutheronemi Shen, 1957
  72. Species Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832
  73. Species Caligus engraulidis Barnard, 1948
  74. Species Caligus enormis Wilson C.B., 1913
  75. Species Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971
  76. Species Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936
  77. Species Caligus equulae Ho & Lin, 2003
  78. Species Caligus evelynae Suárez-Morales, Camisotti & Martín, 2012
  79. Species Caligus eventilis Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  80. Species Caligus fajerae Morales-Serna, Oceguera-Figueroa & Tang, 2017
  81. Species Caligus fistulariae Yamaguti, 1936
  82. Species Caligus flexispina Lewis A.G., 1964
  83. Species Caligus formicoides Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949
  84. Species Caligus fortis Kabata, 1965
  85. Species Caligus fronsuganinus (Shen, 1940)
  86. Species Caligus fugu (Yamaguti, 1936)
  87. Species Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949
  88. Species Caligus glandifer Shiino, 1954
  89. Species Caligus grandiabdominalis Yamaguti, 1954
  90. Species Caligus gurnardi Krøyer, 1863
  91. Species Caligus haemulonis Krøyer, 1863
  92. Species Caligus hamatus Heegaard, 1955
  93. Species Caligus hamruri Pillai N.K., 1964
  94. Species Caligus hemiconiati Capart, 1941
  95. Species Caligus hirsutus Bassett-Smith, 1898
  96. Species Caligus hobsoni Cressey, 1969
  97. Species Caligus hoplognathi Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959
  98. Species Caligus hottentotus Barnard, 1957
  99. Species Caligus hyalinus Czerniavski, 1868
  100. Species Caligus hyporhamphi Boxshall, 2018
  101. Species Caligus ignotus Ho & Lin, 2010
  102. Species Caligus ilhoikimi Suárez-Morales & Gasca, 2016
  103. Species Caligus inanis Ho & Lin, 2007
  104. Species Caligus infestans Heller, 1865
  105. Species Caligus inopinatus Kabata, 1994
  106. Species Caligus irritans Heller, 1865
  107. Species Caligus isonyx Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  108. Species Caligus itacurussensis Luque & Cezar, 2000
  109. Species Caligus izmiriensis Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024
  110. Species Caligus jawahari Hameed & Adamkutty, 1985
  111. Species Caligus kabatae Cressey, 1991
  112. Species Caligus kahawai Jones J.B., 1988
  113. Species Caligus kajii Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 2019
  114. Species Caligus kala Lewis A.G., 1964
  115. Species Caligus kalumai Lewis A.G., 1964
  116. Species Caligus kanagurta Pillai N.K., 1961
  117. Species Caligus kapuhili Lewis A.G., 1967
  118. Species Caligus keralensis Özak, Demirkale, Boxshall & Etyemez, 2013
  119. Species Caligus kirtii Prabha & Pillai, 1986
  120. Species Caligus klawei Shiino, 1959
  121. Species Caligus kurochkini Kazachenko, 1975
  122. Species Caligus kuwaitensis Kabata & Tareen, 1984
  123. Species Caligus labracis Scott T., 1902
  124. Species Caligus lacustris Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  125. Species Caligus lagocephali Pillai N.K., 1961
  126. Species Caligus lalandei Barnard, 1948
  127. Species Caligus laminatus (Rangnekar, 1955)
  128. Species Caligus laticaudus Shiino, 1960
  129. Species Caligus latigenitalis Shiino, 1954
  130. Species Caligus latus Byrnes T., 1987
  131. Species Caligus lethrinicola Boxshall & El-Rashidy, 2009
  132. Species Caligus lichiae Brian, 1906
  133. Species Caligus ligatus Lewis A.G., 1964
  134. Species Caligus ligusticus Brian, 1906
  135. Species Caligus lineatus Hayes, Christison, Vaughan, Smit & Boxshall, 2021
  136. Species Caligus lini Ho & Cheng, 2016
  137. Species Caligus littoralis Luque & Cezar, 2000
  138. Species Caligus lobodes (Wilson C.B., 1911)
  139. Species Caligus lolligunculae Capart, 1941
  140. Species Caligus longiabdominis Shiino, 1965
  141. Species Caligus longicaudatus Brady, 1899
  142. Species Caligus longicaudus Bassett-Smith, 1898
  143. Species Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898
  144. Species Caligus longipes (Moon & Kim I.H., 2012)
  145. Species Caligus longiramus Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Jitchum, 2012
  146. Species Caligus longirostris Heegaard, 1962
  147. Species Caligus longispinosus (Heegaard, 1962)
  148. Species Caligus lunatus Wilson C.B., 1924
  149. Species Caligus lutjani Ho, Lin & Chang, 2007
  150. Species Caligus macarovi Gusev, 1951
  151. Species Caligus macoloricola Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012
  152. Species Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865
  153. Species Caligus madeirensis Hamdi, Hermida, Kamanli, Benmansour, Özak & Boxshall, 2020
  154. Species Caligus malabaricus Pillai N.K., 1961
  155. Species Caligus minimus Otto, 1821
  156. Species Caligus mortis Kensley, 1970
  157. Species Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935
  158. Species Caligus mulli Rodrigues, Özak, Silva & Boxshall, 2018
  159. Species Caligus musaicus Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010
  160. Species Caligus mutabilis Wilson C.B., 1905
  161. Species Caligus nanhaiensis Wu & Pan, 1997
  162. Species Caligus nataliae Boxshall, 2018
  163. Species Caligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953
  164. Species Caligus neoaricolus Boxshall, 2018
  165. Species Caligus nibeae Shen, 1957
  166. Species Caligus nigeri Hameed & Pillai, 1990
  167. Species Caligus nolani Longshaw, 1997
  168. Species Caligus novocaledonicus Kabata, 1968
  169. Species Caligus nuenonnae Andrews, Bott, Battaglene & Nowak, 2009
  170. Species Caligus oculicola Tang & Newbound, 2004
  171. Species Caligus ocyurus Cressey, 1991
  172. Species Caligus ogawai Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Shang, 2012
  173. Species Caligus olsoni Pearse, 1953
  174. Species Caligus omissus Cressey & Cressey, 1980
  175. Species Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951
  176. Species Caligus oviceps Shiino, 1952
  177. Species Caligus pagelli Delamare Deboutteville & Nuñes-Ruivo, 1958
  178. Species Caligus pageti Russell, 1925
  179. Species Caligus pagri Capart, 1941
  180. Species Caligus pagrosomi Yamaguti, 1939
  181. Species Caligus pampi Ho & Lin, 2002
  182. Species Caligus paranengai Boxshall, 2018
  183. Species Caligus parapetalopsis Hameed & Pillai, 1973
  184. Species Caligus parvilatus Kim, 1998
  185. Species Caligus parvus Bassett-Smith, 1898
  186. Species Caligus patulus Wilson C.B., 1937
  187. Species Caligus pauliani Nuñes-Ruivo & Fourmanoir, 1956
  188. Species Caligus pectinatus Shiino, 1965
  189. Species Caligus pelagicus Kurian, 1955
  190. Species Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863
  191. Species Caligus penrithi Kensley & Grindley, 1973
  192. Species Caligus pharaonis von Nordmann, 1832
  193. Species Caligus phipsoni Bassett-Smith, 1898
  194. Species Caligus placidus Dana, 1849-1852
  195. Species Caligus planktonis PillaI N.K., 1979
  196. Species Caligus platurus Kirtisinghe, 1964
  197. Species Caligus platytarsis Bassett-Smith, 1898
  198. Species Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, 1950
  199. Species Caligus polynemi Gudivada, Vankara & Chikkam, 2021
  200. Species Caligus pomacentrus Cressey, 1991
  201. Species Caligus pomadasi Prabha & Pillai, 1986
  202. Species Caligus praecinctorius Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012
  203. Species Caligus praetextus Bere, 1936
  204. Species Caligus priacanthi Pillai N.K., 1961
  205. Species Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852
  206. Species Caligus pseudokalumai Lewis A.G., 1968
  207. Species Caligus pseudoproductus Capart, 1959
  208. Species Caligus pseudorhombi Boxshall, 2018
  209. Species Caligus pterois Kurian, 1949
  210. Species Caligus punctatus Shiino, 1955
  211. Species Caligus quadratus Shiino, 1954
  212. Species Caligus quadrigenitalis Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Shang, 2012
  213. Species Caligus randalli Lewis A.G., 1964
  214. Species Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840
  215. Species Caligus regalis Leigh-Sharpe, 1930
  216. Species Caligus reniformis Prabha & Pillai, 1983
  217. Species Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898
  218. Species Caligus rogercresseyi Boxshall & Bravo, 2000
  219. Species Caligus rufimaculatus Wilson C.B., 1905
  220. Species Caligus rufus Wilson C.B., 1908
  221. Species Caligus sarosensis Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024
  222. Species Caligus saucius Dojiri, 1989
  223. Species Caligus savala Gnanamuthu, 1948
  224. Species Caligus schistonyx Wilson C.B., 1905
  225. Species Caligus schlegeli Ho & Lin, 2003
  226. Species Caligus sciaenops Pearse, 1952
  227. Species Caligus sclerotinosus Roubal, Armitage & Rohde, 1983
  228. Species Caligus scribae Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984
  229. Species Caligus selenecola Morales-Serna, Yáñez-Rivera & Gómez, 2024
  230. Species Caligus sensorius Heegaard, 1962
  231. Species Caligus sepetibensis Luque & Takemoto, 1996
  232. Species Caligus seriolae Yamaguti, 1936
  233. Species Caligus seriolicolus Boxshall, 2018
  234. Species Caligus serratus Shiino, 1965
  235. Species Caligus sibogae Boxshall & Gurney, 1980
  236. Species Caligus sicarius Kabata, 1984
  237. Species Caligus similis Ho, Kim I.H. & Nagasawa, 2005
  238. Species Caligus solea Demirkale, Özak, Yanar & Boxshall, 2014
  239. Species Caligus sphyraeni Pillai N.K., 1963
  240. Species Caligus spinosus Yamaguti, 1939
  241. Species Caligus stocki (Cressey & Cressey, 1990)
  242. Species Caligus stokesi Byrnes T., 1987
  243. Species Caligus stromatei Krøyer, 1863
  244. Species Caligus subparvus (Hameed, 1977)
  245. Species Caligus suffuscus Wilson C.B., 1913
  246. Species Caligus tanago Yamaguti, 1939
  247. Species Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924
  248. Species Caligus tenax Heller, 1865
  249. Species Caligus tenuicauda (Shiino, 1964)
  250. Species Caligus tenuifurcatus Wilson C.B., 1937
  251. Species Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)
  252. Species Caligus teres Wilson C.B., 1905
  253. Species Caligus tetrodontis Barnard, 1948
  254. Species Caligus thyrsitae Kazachenko, Korotaeva & Kurochkin, 1972
  255. Species Caligus timorensis (Izawa, 1995)
  256. Species Caligus tolii (Rangnekar, 1984)
  257. Species Caligus torpedinis Heller, 1865
  258. Species Caligus trachynoti Heller, 1865
  259. Species Caligus triabdominalis Byrnes T., 1987
  260. Species Caligus triangularis Shiino, 1954
  261. Species Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863
  262. Species Caligus tripedalis Heegaard, 1972
  263. Species Caligus tumulus Hayes, Christison, Vaughan, Smit & Boxshall, 2021
  264. Species Caligus tunisiensis Hamdi, Benmansour, Zouari-Tlig, Kamanli, Özak & Boxshall, 2020
  265. Species Caligus turbidus Boxshall, 2018
  266. Species Caligus turkiyensis Öktener, Montes, Romero, Türker & Trilles, 2024
  267. Species Caligus tylosuri (Rangnekar, 1956)
  268. Species Caligus undulatus Shen & Li, 1959
  269. Species Caligus unguidentatus Rangnekar & Murti, 1950
  270. Species Caligus uniartus (Ho, Kim I.H., Cruz & Nagasawa, 2004)
  271. Species Caligus upenei Boxshall, 2018
  272. Species Caligus ventrosetosus Pearse, 1952
  273. Species Caligus vexator Heller, 1865
  274. Species Caligus willungae Kabata, 1965
  275. Species Caligus wilsoni Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958
  276. Species Caligus xystercus Cressey, 1991
  277. Species Caligus yucatanensis (Suárez-Morales, Kim & Escamilla, 2012)
  278. Species Caligus zei Norman & Scott T., 1906
  279. Species Caligus zylanica Hameed & Pillai, 1986
  280. Subgenus Caligus (Metacaligus) Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Caligus (Metacaligus) uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Metacaligus uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (generic transfer)
  281. Subgenus Caligus (Subcaligus) Heegaard, 1943 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  282. Species Caligus abbreviatus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus centrodonti Baird, 1850 (synonym)
  283. Species Caligus acutus Kirtisinghe, 1964 accepted as Caligus savala Gnanamuthu, 1948 (synonym)
  284. Species Caligus aeglefinae Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  285. Species Caligus aesopus Wilson C.B., 1921 accepted as Caligus lichiae Brian, 1906 (synonymy)
  286. Species Caligus affinis Kurian, 1961 accepted as Caligus savala Gnanamuthu, 1948 (synonym)
  287. Species Caligus alatus Heegaard, 1943 accepted as Caligus balistae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (treated as synonym by Cressey, 1991)
  288. Species Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
  289. Species Caligus alveolaris Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus regalis Leigh-Sharpe, 1930 (synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980))
  290. Species Caligus americanus Pickering & Dana, 1838 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  291. Species Caligus amplifurcus Pearse, 1952 accepted as Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898 (synonym)
  292. Species Caligus angustatus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus gurnardi Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  293. Species Caligus annularis Yamaguti, 1954 accepted as Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 (synonym)
  294. Species Caligus antennatus Al Marzouk, 2002 accepted as Caligus antennatus Boxshall & Gurney, 1980 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
  295. Species Caligus appendiculatus Müller F., 1852 accepted as Caligus lacustris Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (Suppressed in favour of C. lacustris, see ICZN Opinion 943)
  296. Species Caligus arcticus Brandes, 1956 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
  297. Species Caligus argilasi Brian, 1931 accepted as Caligus pageti Russell, 1925 (synonym)
  298. Species Caligus auxisi Pillai N.K., 1963 accepted as Caligus biseriodentatus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus pauliani Nuñes-Ruivo & Fourmanoir, 1956
  299. Species Caligus bagri Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Lepeophtheirus bagri (Dana, 1849-1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  300. Species Caligus benedeni Bassett-Smith, 1898 accepted as Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898) accepted as Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)
  301. Species Caligus bengoensis Scott T., 1894 accepted as Caligus affinis Heller, 1866 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  302. Species Caligus bennetti Causey, 1953 accepted as Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  303. Species Caligus bicolor Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816 (synonym)
  304. Species Caligus bicuspidatus von Nordmann, 1832 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  305. Species Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952 accepted as Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson C.B., 1908 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  306. Species Caligus biseriodentatus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus pauliani Nuñes-Ruivo & Fourmanoir, 1956 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Boxshall and Bernot (2023))
  307. Species Caligus bombayensis Rangnekar, 1955 accepted as Caligus platytarsis Bassett-Smith, 1898 (synonym)
  308. Species Caligus borealis Olsson, 1877 accepted as Caligus lacustris Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
  309. Species Caligus branchialis of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 accepted as Lepeophtheirus branchialis (of Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) accepted as Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850 (synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
  310. Species Caligus brevisoris Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus cybii Bassett-Smith, 1898 (synonym)
  311. Species Caligus canthidermis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 accepted as Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, 1950 (synonym)
  312. Species Caligus chaenichthyis Cunningham, 1871 accepted as Lepeophtheirus chaenichthyis (Cunningham, 1871)
  313. Species Caligus chanos Lin, 1989 accepted as Caligus punctatus Shiino, 1955 (synonym)
  314. Species Caligus chiloscyllii Pillai N.K., 1963 accepted as Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 (synonym)
  315. Species Caligus clavatus Kirtisinghe, 1964 accepted as Caligus sphyraeni Pillai N.K., 1963 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  316. Species Caligus communis Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (synonym)
  317. Species Caligus cornutus Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus lobodes (Wilson C.B., 1911) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  318. Species Caligus crassus Abildgaard, 1794 accepted as Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794)
  319. Species Caligus cresseyi Ho & Lin, 2003 accepted as Caligus sciaenops Pearse, 1952 (synonym)
  320. Species Caligus crusmae Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1982 accepted as Caligus cheilodactylus Krøyer, 1863
  321. Species Caligus cunicephalus Gnanamuthu, 1950 accepted as Caligus savala Gnanamuthu, 1948
  322. Species Caligus dactylus Ho, Lin & Chang, 2007 accepted as Caligus dactylopteni Uma Devi & Shyamasundari, 1981 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  323. Species Caligus dentatus Gadd, 1906 accepted as Caligus lacustris Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
  324. Species Caligus dentatus Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852 (synonym)
  325. Species Caligus distortus Pillai N.K. & Natarajan, 1977 accepted as Caligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 (synonym according to Ho et al. (2000))
  326. Species Caligus djedabae Rangnekar, 1956 accepted as Caligus bicycletus Heegaard, 1945 (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
  327. Species Caligus elegans Beneden, 1851 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (synoym)
  328. Species Caligus elevatus Kirtisinghe, 1964 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, This name is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Caligus clavatus - a typographical error that appeared in Zoological Record for 1965)
  329. Species Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 accepted as Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  330. Species Caligus euthynnus Kurian, 1961 accepted as Caligus regalis Leigh-Sharpe, 1930 (synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980))
  331. Species Caligus fallax Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  332. Species Caligus fissus Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, No description in Richiardi 1880, described subsequently by Brian, 1898)
  333. Species Caligus foreshori Kumar, 1990 (unaccepted > interim unpublished)
  334. Species Caligus fugu Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 accepted as Caligus lagocephali Pillai N.K., 1961 (This became a junior secondary homonym of Caligus fugu (Yamaguti, 1936) after the generic synonymy proposed by Dojiri and Ho, 2013. See Özak et al., 2013 for details.)
  335. Species Caligus fulvipurpureus Shiino, 1954 accepted as Caligus macarovi Gusev, 1951 (synonym)
  336. Species Caligus germoi Pearse, 1951 accepted as Caligus chorinemi Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Cressey, 1991)
  337. Species Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  338. Species Caligus gracilis Beneden, 1851 accepted as Lepeophtheirus thompsoni Baird, 1850
  339. Species Caligus guerini Guiart, 1913 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  340. Species Caligus heckelii Kollar in Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Anuretes heckelii (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
  341. Species Caligus heptapus Otto, 1821 accepted as Demoleus heptapus (Otto, 1821) (synonym)
  342. Species Caligus hilsae Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus unguidentatus Rangnekar & Murti, 1950 (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
  343. Species Caligus hippoglossi Krøyer, 1837 accepted as Lepeophtheirus hippoglossi (Krøyer, 1837) (listed as synonym by Kabata, 1979)
  344. Species Caligus holocentri Pillai, 1985 accepted as Caligus alaihi Lewis A.G., 1968 (synonym )
  345. Species Caligus hyalinae Heegaard, 1966 accepted as Caligus chelifer Wilson C.B., 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  346. Species Caligus imbricatus Risso, 1816 accepted as Otrophesia imbricata (Risso, 1816) accepted as Anthosoma crassum (Abildgaard, 1794) (generic transfer)
  347. Species Caligus indicus Pillai N.K., 1961 accepted as Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, 1898 (synonym)
  348. Species Caligus japonicus Gussev, in Isakova-Keo, 1952 accepted as Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (synonym)
  349. Species Caligus katuwo Yamaguti, 1936 accepted as Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852
  350. Species Caligus kirtiodes Ho & Lin, 2004 accepted as Caligus jawahari Hameed & Adamkutty, 1985 (synonym )
  351. Species Caligus krishnai Thomas M.M., 1968 accepted as Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (synoym)
  352. Species Caligus kroyeri Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
  353. Species Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959 accepted as Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (synonym)
  354. Species Caligus laciniatus (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Caligodes laciniatus (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
  355. Species Caligus laticorpus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus orientalis Gusev, 1951 (synonym)
  356. Species Caligus latifrons Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
  357. Species Caligus latus Kim, 1995 accepted as Caligus parvilatus Kim, 1998 (junior homonym of Caligus latus Byrnes T., 1987)
  358. Species Caligus lepeophtheiropsis Pillai N.K., 1968 accepted as Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
  359. Species Caligus lepidopi Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  360. Species Caligus leptochilus Leuckart in Frey & Leuckart, 1847 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (long treated as synonym of Caligus rapax, probably synonym of C. elongatus)
  361. Species Caligus lessonius Risso, 1826 accepted as Demoleus heptapus (Otto, 1821) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  362. Species Caligus lobatus Wilson C.B., 1935 accepted as Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852 (synonym)
  363. Species Caligus longicaudatus Marukawa, 1927 accepted as Gloiopotes huttoni (Thomson G.M., 1890) (homonym of Caligus longicaudatus Brady, 1899: synonym of Gloiopotes huttoni)
  364. Species Caligus longicervicis Gnanamuthu, 1950 accepted as Metacaligus uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Ho & Lin, 2004)
  365. Species Caligus longipennatus (Rangnekar, 1956) accepted as Parapetalus longipennatus Rangnekar, 1956
  366. Species Caligus lucidus Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898 (synonym)
  367. Species Caligus lumpi Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
  368. Species Caligus maculatus Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus infestans Heller, 1865 (synonym)
  369. Species Caligus mauritanicus Brian, 1924 accepted as Caligus dakari Beneden, 1892 (synonym)
  370. Species Caligus mebachii Marukawa, 1927 accepted as Euryphorus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1853) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  371. Species Caligus mercatoris Capart, 1941 accepted as Caligus robustus Bassett-Smith, 1898 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  372. Species Caligus microdontus Heegaard, 1964 accepted as Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852 (synonym)
  373. Species Caligus minutus Krøyer, 1837 accepted as Caligus minimus Otto, 1821 (lapsus for C. minimus according to catalogue of Margolis et al., 1975)
  374. Species Caligus minutus Pillai N.K., 1963 accepted as Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936 (homonym of Caligus minutus Krøyer, 1837: replacement name Caligus chiloscyllii, synonymised with Caligus epinepheli)
  375. Species Caligus mirabilis Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 accepted as Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852 (synonym)
  376. Species Caligus molvae Milne Edwards, 1836 accepted as Lepeophtheirus molvae Milne Edwards, 1836
  377. Species Caligus monacanthi Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852 (synonym)
  378. Species Caligus mordax Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 accepted as Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  379. Species Caligus muelleri Leach, 1816 accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
  380. Species Caligus multispinosus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus stromatei Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  381. Species Caligus nanus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Caligus gurnardi Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  382. Species Caligus nautili Willey, 1897 accepted as Anchicaligus nautili Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  383. Species Caligus nordmannii Milne Edwards, 1836 (unaccepted, synonym)
  384. Species Caligus oblongus Abildgaard, 1794 (unaccepted)
  385. Species Caligus obovatus Heegaard, 1962 (unaccepted, synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980))
  386. Species Caligus obscurus Bassett-Smith, 1896 (unaccepted, synonym, according to Bassett-Smith, 1899)
  387. Species Caligus oligoplitisi Carvalho, 1956 (unaccepted, synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  388. Species Caligus ornatus Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted)
  389. Species Caligus pacificus Gissler, 1883 (unaccepted, synonym according to Kabata, 1979)
  390. Species Caligus paradoxus Otto, 1828 (unaccepted, listed as synonym by Kabata, 1979)
  391. Species Caligus paxillifer Yamaguti, 1954 (unaccepted, synonymy)
  392. Species Caligus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (unaccepted, synonymy)
  393. Species Caligus petersi Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  394. Species Caligus piscinus Guérin-Méneville, 1837 (unaccepted, Synonym according to van Beneden (1851) and numerous subsequent authors - see catalogue of Margolis et al., 1975)
  395. Species Caligus platessae Beneden, 1870 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  396. Species Caligus ponticus (Markevich, 1940) (unaccepted > unavailable name, Caligopsis Markevich, 1940. Rep. Acad. Sci. Ukr. SSR., no. 11, 14, 19. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). Preoccupied by Caligopsis Seydel, 1924. N. Beitr. syst. Insektenkunde, 3, 30. (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).)
  397. Species Caligus proboscidatus Heegaard, 1962 (unaccepted, synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980))
  398. Species Caligus productus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted, synonym)
  399. Species Caligus quinqueabdominalis Heegaard, 1962 (unaccepted, synonym)
  400. Species Caligus rabidus Leigh-Sharpe, 1936 (unaccepted, synonym)
  401. Species Caligus raniceps Heegaard, 1943 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  402. Species Caligus rectus Pearse, 1952 (unaccepted, synonym according to Cressey, 1991)
  403. Species Caligus remorae Brian, 1905 (unaccepted, synonym according to Capart (1941, 1959))
  404. Species Caligus rissoanus Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
  405. Species Caligus rivulatus Pilla, Vankara & Chikkam, 2012 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Originally on-line only but never registered in ZooBank, subsequently synonymised)
  406. Species Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  407. Species Caligus rugosus Shiino, 1959 (unaccepted, synonym)
  408. Species Caligus russellii Kurian, 1950 (unaccepted, synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  409. Species Caligus salmoneus Oken, 1815 (unaccepted, unavailable name published in an officially Rejected work, see ICZN Opinion 417)
  410. Species Caligus salmonis Krøyer, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  411. Species Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952 (unaccepted, synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980))
  412. Species Caligus scabiei Gnanamuthu, 1950 (unaccepted, synonym)
  413. Species Caligus schelegeli Ho & Lin, 2003 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  414. Species Caligus sciaenae Gnanamuthu, 1947 (unaccepted, synonym)
  415. Species Caligus scomberi Bassett-Smith, 1896 (unaccepted, synonym)
  416. Species Caligus scutatus Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted, probable synonym)
  417. Species Caligus sensilis Kabata & Gusev, 1966 (unaccepted, synonym according to Lin & Ho, 1997)
  418. Species Caligus serrani Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  419. Species Caligus setosus Pearse, 1952 (unaccepted, synonym)
  420. Species Caligus smaris Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  421. Species Caligus smithii Lamarck, 1818 (unaccepted, synonym)
  422. Species Caligus sphyraenae Nuñes-Ruivo & Fourmanoir, 1956 (unaccepted, synonym)
  423. Species Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951 (unaccepted, synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  424. Species Caligus stroemii Baird, 1847 (unaccepted, synonymy)
  425. Species Caligus sturionis Krøyer, 1837 (unaccepted, synonymy)
  426. Species Caligus tenuicaudatus Shiino, 1959 (unaccepted, synonym according to Baeza & Castro (1980))
  427. Species Caligus tenuis (Leidy, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  428. Species Caligus tesserifer Shiino, 1952 (unaccepted, synonym)
  429. Species Caligus thymni Dana, 1853-1855 (unaccepted, synonym)
  430. Species Caligus thynni Pillai N.K., 1963 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  431. Species Caligus thynni Dana, 1852-1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  432. Species Caligus trachuri Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  433. Species Caligus trachypteri Krøyer, 1863 (unaccepted, synonym)
  434. Species Caligus truncatogenitalis Roubal, 1981 (unaccepted, Synonym according to Lin et al. (1969))
  435. Species Caligus truttae Giard, 1890 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  436. Species Caligus uranoscopi Vaissière, 1955 (unaccepted, synonymy)
  437. Species Caligus uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 (unaccepted, synonym)
  438. Species Caligus validus Pearse, 1952 (unaccepted, synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  439. Species Caligus vespa Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted, synonymy)
  440. Species Caligus vicarius Hewitt, 1963 (unaccepted, synonym)
  441. Species Caligus yamaguti Carvalho, 1956 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  442. Species Caligus africanus Oldewage & Van As, 1987 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  443. Species Caligus alalongae Krøyer, 1863 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  444. Species Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probably a pandarid, possible Dinemoura, according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  445. Species Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
  446. Species Caligus gracilis Dana, 1849-1852 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  447. Species Caligus lutosus (Slabber, 1760) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  448. Species Caligus murrayanus Scott T., 1894 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
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] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135566 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature

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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligopsis Markevich, 1940) Markevich, A.P. (1940). Novi vidi parazitichnikh Copepoda. Neue Arten parasitischer Copepoden. [New species of parasitic copepods.]. <em>Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koiy RSR, Kiev.</em> 1940(11):11-21, figs. 1-9. (16-xi-1940, Ukrainian and German.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901) Scott, A. (1901). Some additions to the fauna of Liverpool Bay, collected May 1st 1900, to April 30th 1901. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 15:342-353, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50207057 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Scienophilus Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. [Note on a new genus of parasitic Crustacean of the Caligidae family.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Cresseyella Bezděk & Cressey, 2004) Bezděk, A. & H.B. Cressey. (2004). Cresseyella nom. nov., a new replacement name for the genus Apogonia (Crustacea: Copepoda, Caligidae). <em>Biologia Bratislava.</em> 59(2):180. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990) Cressey, R.F. & H.B. Cressey. (1990). A new genus of caligoid copepod from the fish genus Apogon. Beaufortia 41(7):45-48. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Caligulus Heegaard, 1962) Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949) Thomsen, R. (1949). Copépodos parásitos de los peces marinos del Uruguay. [Parasitic copepods of marine fishes of Uruguay.]. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 3(54):1-41, pls. 1-14. (16-ix-1949). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Midias Wilson C.B., 1911) Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods. Descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1805):625-634, pls. 65-68. (11-iii-1911) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962) Pillai, N.K. (1962). A revision of the genera Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lütken and Pseudopetalus nov. Crustaceana, Leiden 3(4):285-303, figs. 1-7. (15-iii-1962) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Risculus Leach, 1819) Leach, W.E. (1819). Descriptions des nouvelles espèces d'Animaux découvertes par le vaisseau Isabelle dans un voyage au pôle boréal. [Descriptions of new species of animals discovered by the ship Isabelle on a voyage to the northern pole.]. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, et d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 88: 462-467., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29607# [details] 

original description (of Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852) Beneden, P.J. Van. (1852). Note sur quelques parasites d'un poisson rare sur nos côtes (le Maigre d'Europe, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier). [Note on some parasites of a rare fish on our coasts (the European meagre, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier).]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):98-109, pl. 1. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sinocaligus Shen, 1957) Shen, C.J. (1957). Parasitic copepods from fishes of China. Part II. Caligoida, Caligidae (1). Acta Zoologica Sinica 9(4):351-378, pls. 1-11. (xii-1957, Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008) Özdikmen, H. (2008). Nomenclatural changes for nine crustacean genera (Crustacea: Copepoda). Munis Entomology and Zoology 3(1):265-274. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Caligus (Metacaligus) Thomsen, 1949) Thomsen, R. (1949). Copépodos parásitos de los peces marinos del Uruguay. [Parasitic copepods of marine fishes of Uruguay.]. <em>Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo.</em> 3(54):1-41, pls. 1-14. (16-ix-1949). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Pargulus 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 Caligus (Subcaligus) Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from Tropical and Antarctic Seas. Arkiv för Zoologi, 34A(18): 1-37 [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] 

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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

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additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Goodsir, H.D.S. (1842). On a new genus and six new species of Crustacea with observations on the development of the egg and on the metamorphosis of Caligus, Carcinus, and Pagurus. <em>Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal.</em> 33: 174-192,1 pl. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ho, J.S., C.L. Lin & W.C. Liu. (2016). High diversity of Caligus species (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) in Taiwanese waters. <em>In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:114-121., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.8 [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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LanguageName 
Japanese コミナトテンジクダイ [from synonym]ウオジラミ属  [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Apogonia Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Caligopsis Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Caligulus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Caligulus Heegaard, 1962)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Caligus Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metacaligus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Midias Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Midias Wilson C.B., 1911)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocaligus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudopetalus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Risculus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Risculus Leach, 1819)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sciaenophilus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sinocaligus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Sinocaligus Shen, 1957)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Apogonia Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Caligopsis Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Caligulus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Caligulus Heegaard, 1962)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Caligus Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Metacaligus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Midias Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Midias Wilson C.B., 1911)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudocaligus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Pseudopetalus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Sciaenophilus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Apogonia) (from synonym Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligopsis) (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metacaligus) (from synonym Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949)
To Genbank (from synonym Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949)
To Genbank (from synonym Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901)
To Genbank (from synonym Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Caligopsis Markevich, 1940)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 071586) 
To ITIS
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