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 zei Norman & Scott T., 1906

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	Norman, A.M. & T. Scott. (1906). The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall. London: William Wesley and Son. 232 pp., pls. 1-24.
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	Öktener, A., M. Sirin, A. Ismen, A. Kara, B. Daban & M.A. Ihsanoglu. (2017). First record of Caligus zei (Copepoda: Caligidae) on John Dory, Zeus faber in Turkish marine waters. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 34(1):153-157.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Oakley, C.L. (1926). Caligus zei Norman and T. Scott 1906 (Crustacea: Copepoda), with a revision of the appendages. Parasitology, Cambridge. 18(4):402-409.
additional source	Scott, A. (1907). Faunistic notes; Notes on food of young fishes. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society. 21:191-198, pls. 1-5.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus zei Norman & Scott T., 1906. 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:135771