MSBIAS taxon details
Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905
135745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135745)
accepted
Species
Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (unnecessary subspecies)
- Subspecies Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, unnecessary subspecies)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details] 
(of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
(of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135745 on 2026-07-11
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135745 on 2026-07-11
Date
action
by
original description
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
original description (of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
taxonomy source Pillai, N.K. (1971). Notes on some copepod parasites in the collection of the British Museum (N.H.), London. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 11(1-2):149-174, figs. 1-138. (iv-1971). [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors
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 Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.121-3574.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors
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
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
additional source Ramdane, Z. & J. Trilles. (2010). New Algerian parasitic copepods. <em>Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists.</em> 30(2):41-47. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kazachenko, V.N., N.N. Kovaleva, V.T. Nguyen & H.D. Ngo. (2013). Paraziticheskiye rakoobraznyye ryb V'yetnama - Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida). [Fish parasitic crustaceans of Vietnam- Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida).]. <em>Proceedings of the II International scientific-practical conference "Scientific-practical fisheries management issues" on October 23-24, 2013 - Vladivostok 2013.</em> :238-250. [details] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2002). Two species of siphonostomatoid copepods parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 29(4):313-332. [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1956). Copépodes parasitas de peixes dos mares de Angola. [Copepods parasitic on fish from the seas of Angola.]. <em>Anais da Junta de Investigaçoes do Ultramar, Estudos de Biologia, Lisboa.</em> 9(2):7-45, pls. 1-7. (For 1954. Original + partial English translation.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors
additional source Takemoto, R.M. & J.L. Luque. (2002). Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae). <em>Acta Scientiarum, Biological Sciences, Maringá.</em> 24(2): 481-487. [details] Available for editors
additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors
additional source Taborda, N.L., J.R. Lima, V.S. Pinheiro, D.R. Alves & A.R. Senna. (2014). Copépodes e isópodes parasitos de nove espécies de peixes marinhos (Osteichthyes) do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. [Copepods and isopods parasitic on nine species of marine fish (Osteichthyes) from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]. <em>Cadernos UniFOA, Volta Redonda.</em> 9(25):105-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.47385/cadunifoa.v9.n25.127 [details] Available for editors
additional source Nagasawa, K., H. Ashid. & T. Sato. (2018). Caligid copepods parasitic on yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, in the western North Pacific Ocean off central Japan, with a list of parasitic copepods of tunas (Auxis spp., Euthynnus affinis, Katsuwonus pelamis, and Thunnus spp.) in Japan (1894-2018). <em>Nature of Kagoshima.</em> 45:37-42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Öktener, A., A. Alas & D. Türker. (2017). Two new hosts for Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Turkey. <em>International Journal of Bonorowo Wetlands.</em> 7(1):1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/bonorowo/w070101 [details] Available for editors
additional source Weston, M.J. (2018). Investigating trophic interactions between parasites and their marine fish hosts using stable isotope analysis. <em>Master's Thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.</em> xxxv + 139 pp., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28153 [details] Available for editors
additional source Takemoto, R.M. J.F.R. Amato & J.L. Luque. (1996). Comparative analysis of the metazoan parasite communities of leatherjackets, Oligoplites palometa, O. saurus, and O. saliens (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from Sepetiba Bay, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 56(4):639-650. [details] Available for editors
redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors
redescription Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2000). Four species of unrecorded caligid copepods (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 27(3):201-224. (ix.2000) (In English; summary in Chinese.). [details] Available for editors
redescription Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details]
taxonomy source Pillai, N.K. (1971). Notes on some copepod parasites in the collection of the British Museum (N.H.), London. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India.</em> 11(1-2):149-174, figs. 1-138. (iv-1971). [details] Available for editors
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors
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 Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.121-3574.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors
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
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
additional source Ramdane, Z. & J. Trilles. (2010). New Algerian parasitic copepods. <em>Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists.</em> 30(2):41-47. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kazachenko, V.N., N.N. Kovaleva, V.T. Nguyen & H.D. Ngo. (2013). Paraziticheskiye rakoobraznyye ryb V'yetnama - Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida). [Fish parasitic crustaceans of Vietnam- Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida).]. <em>Proceedings of the II International scientific-practical conference "Scientific-practical fisheries management issues" on October 23-24, 2013 - Vladivostok 2013.</em> :238-250. [details] Available for editors
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2002). Two species of siphonostomatoid copepods parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 29(4):313-332. [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1956). Copépodes parasitas de peixes dos mares de Angola. [Copepods parasitic on fish from the seas of Angola.]. <em>Anais da Junta de Investigaçoes do Ultramar, Estudos de Biologia, Lisboa.</em> 9(2):7-45, pls. 1-7. (For 1954. Original + partial English translation.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors
additional source Takemoto, R.M. & J.L. Luque. (2002). Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae). <em>Acta Scientiarum, Biological Sciences, Maringá.</em> 24(2): 481-487. [details] Available for editors
additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors
additional source Taborda, N.L., J.R. Lima, V.S. Pinheiro, D.R. Alves & A.R. Senna. (2014). Copépodes e isópodes parasitos de nove espécies de peixes marinhos (Osteichthyes) do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. [Copepods and isopods parasitic on nine species of marine fish (Osteichthyes) from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]. <em>Cadernos UniFOA, Volta Redonda.</em> 9(25):105-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.47385/cadunifoa.v9.n25.127 [details] Available for editors
additional source Nagasawa, K., H. Ashid. & T. Sato. (2018). Caligid copepods parasitic on yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, and bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, in the western North Pacific Ocean off central Japan, with a list of parasitic copepods of tunas (Auxis spp., Euthynnus affinis, Katsuwonus pelamis, and Thunnus spp.) in Japan (1894-2018). <em>Nature of Kagoshima.</em> 45:37-42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Öktener, A., A. Alas & D. Türker. (2017). Two new hosts for Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Turkey. <em>International Journal of Bonorowo Wetlands.</em> 7(1):1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/bonorowo/w070101 [details] Available for editors
additional source Weston, M.J. (2018). Investigating trophic interactions between parasites and their marine fish hosts using stable isotope analysis. <em>Master's Thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.</em> xxxv + 139 pp., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28153 [details] Available for editors
additional source Takemoto, R.M. J.F.R. Amato & J.L. Luque. (1996). Comparative analysis of the metazoan parasite communities of leatherjackets, Oligoplites palometa, O. saurus, and O. saliens (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from Sepetiba Bay, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 56(4):639-650. [details] Available for editors
redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors
redescription Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2000). Four species of unrecorded caligid copepods (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 27(3):201-224. (ix.2000) (In English; summary in Chinese.). [details] Available for editors
redescription Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito bonito) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 78914 Caligus bonito dorsal at 9x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 78914 Caligus bonito lateral at 9x photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (126 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito bonito) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 78914 Caligus bonito dorsal at 9x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 78914 Caligus bonito lateral at 9x photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (126 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally