Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Caligidae > Genus Caligus

Caligus pageti Russell, 1925

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caligus*	Müller O.F., 1785	accepted genus name
*Caligopsis*	Markevich, 1940	junior homonym
*Scienophilus*	Beneden, 1852	orthographic variant
*Markevichus*	Özdikmen, 2008	synonym
*Pseudocaligus*	Scott A., 1901	synonym
*Sciaenophilus*	Beneden, 1852	synonym

Literature

original description	Russell, F.S. (1925). A new species of Caligus from Egypt, Caligus pageti sp. n. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)15:611-618, pls. 33-35. (vi-1925)
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	Argilas, A. (1931). Un Copépode parasite de Mugil auratus Risso, nouveau pour l'Algérie:Caligus pageti Russel. [Un Copépode parasite de Mugil auratus Risso, nouveau pour l'Algérie: Caligus pageti Russel. [A parasitic copepod of Mugil auratus Risso, new for Algeria: Caligus pageti Russel.]. Bulletin de la Station d'Aquiculture et de Pêche Castiglione. 1930(2):93-106, figs. 1-7, pl. 1.
additional source	Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova. 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935).
additional source	Öktener, A., M. Montes, R.C. Romero, D. Türker & J.P. Trilles. (2024). Caligus turkiyensis n. sp. (Copepoda: Caligidae) on the flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Vie Et Milieu / Life And Environment. 74(1-2): 44-66. Sep 2024.
redescription	Boxshall, G.A. & J.P. Bernot. (2023). Resolving taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in the genus Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae). Zootaxa. 5360(4): 545-567.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus pageti Russell, 1925. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135766