WoRMS taxon details
original description
Gnanamuthu, C.P. (1950). Sex differences in the chalimus and adult forms of Caligus polycanthi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Copepoda) parasitic on Balistes maculatus from Madras. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 47(1):159-170, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. (26-vi-1950) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Caligus canthidermis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan with description of 26 new species and remarks on two known species. Biological Journal of Okayama University 5(3-4):89-165, pls. 1-14. (ix-1959) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Caligus sensilis Kabata & Gusev, 1966) Kabata, Z. & A.V. Gusev. (1966). Parasitic Copepoda of fishes from the collection of the Zoological Institute in Leningrad. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 46(309):155-207, figs. 1-176. (x-1966) [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source
Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (1997). Taxonomic status of Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, a copepod parasite of marine fishes in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Studies 36(4):340-344. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Ho, J.S. (1966). Three species of Formosan copepods parasitic on fishes. Crustaceana, Leiden 11(2):163-177, figs. 1-27. (26-x-1966) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source
Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (1997). Taxonomic status of Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, a copepod parasite of marine fishes in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Studies 36(4):340-344. [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution India; Japan; and Taiwan [details]
Habitat body surface and fins [details]
Taxonomy Caligus polycanthi was synonymised with C. balistae by Cressey (1991) but Lin & Ho (1997) rejected this proposal and treated this species as valid. [details]
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