Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Caligidae > Genus Caligus

Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caligus*	O.F. Müller, 1785	accepted genus name
*Pseudocaligus*	Scott A., 1901	synonym

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F.. 1785. Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae 1-134, index, pls. 1-21.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Hogans, W.E. 1993. Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 174 publications.

3 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (124 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Ho, J.; Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2014). Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135749