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 mugilis Brian, 1935

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

Species group names

*Caligus minimus mugilis*	Brian, 1935	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
additional source	Alas, A. & A. Öktener. (2017). Confirmed occurrence of Caligus mugilis Brian (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida; Caligidae) with morphological characters in turkish marine waters. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 33(2):133-137.
additional source	Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad 3(149):378-432.
status source	Raibaut, A. & O.K. Ben Hassine. (1977). Les copépodes parasites des muges en Méditerranée. [Parasitic copepods of mullets in the Mediterranean.]. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. (3)472 (= Zool., 329): 833-848, figs. 1-33, tab. 1. (15-iii-1977).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935. 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:237922