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)
Species Caligus piscinus Guérin-Méneville, 1837(unaccepted, Synonym according to van Beneden (1851) and numerous subsequent authors - see catalogue of Margolis et al., 1975)
Species Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841(uncertain > taxon inquirendum, probably a pandarid, possible Dinemoura, according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
Species Caligus gayi Nicolet, 1849(uncertain > taxon inquirendum, according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
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]
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 2025-07-16
original descriptionMüller, 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(ofCaligopsis 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 [request]
original description(ofScienophilus 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]
original description(ofCresseyella 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 [request]
original description(ofApogonia 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 [request]
original description(ofCaligulus 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 [request]
original description(ofMetacaligus 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 [request]
original description(ofMidias 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]
original description(ofPseudopetalus 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 [request]
original description(ofRisculus 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 athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29607#[details]
original description(ofSciaenophilus 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]
original description(ofSinocaligus 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 [request]
original description(ofMarkevichus 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 [request]
original description(ofCaligus (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 [request]
original description(ofPargulus 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 [request]
original description(ofCaligus (Subcaligus) Heegaard, 1943)Heegaard, P. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from Tropical and Antarctic Seas. Arkiv för Zoologi, 34A(18): 1-37[details]
basis of recordBoxshall, 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 sourceCostello, 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]
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