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 musaicus Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CaligusMüller O.F., 1785accepted 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

Cavaleiro, F.I., M.J. Santos & J.S. Ho. (2010). Caligus musaicus n. sp. (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on the European flounder, Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus) off Portugal. Crustaceana 83(4):457-464.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus musaicus Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010. 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:467840

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-03-09 by Geoff Boxshall

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