WoRMS name details
Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841
349600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349600)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (probably a pandarid, possible Dinemoura, according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841
Gould (1841: 340–341) wrote: “I have another species of Caligus, quite different from...
Gould (1841: 340–341) wrote: “I have another species of Caligus, quite different from...
Taxonomic remark Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841
Gould (1841: 340–341) wrote: “I have another species of Caligus, quite different from the preceding, taken from a shark (Lamna punctata). It is remarkable for having, within each posterior angle of the shield, two little elevated crests, placed at right angles to each other. The abdominal and caudal plates are very long and broad, and beyond these the jointed appendages project, making the whole animal an inch and a half in length. The margin of the shield, behind the antennae, is very thin and finely fringed, to favour adhesion. This may be Pterygopoda Latreillii. Otherwise it may be called C. cristata.” There was no illustration.
Parker (1968) included C. cristata Gould, 1841 in his “List of Caligus species named prior to 1899 considered nomina nuda or species inquirenda”. However, the large body size, the broad abdominal plates and caudal rami, and the identity of the host, all suggest that this copepod is a pandarid, probably a member of the genus Dinemoura Latreille, 1829. This species is here treated as a species inquirendum in Dinemoura. [details]
Gould (1841: 340–341) wrote: “I have another species of Caligus, quite different from the preceding, taken from a shark (Lamna punctata). It is remarkable for having, within each posterior angle of the shield, two little elevated crests, placed at right angles to each other. The abdominal and caudal plates are very long and broad, and beyond these the jointed appendages project, making the whole animal an inch and a half in length. The margin of the shield, behind the antennae, is very thin and finely fringed, to favour adhesion. This may be Pterygopoda Latreillii. Otherwise it may be called C. cristata.” There was no illustration.
Parker (1968) included C. cristata Gould, 1841 in his “List of Caligus species named prior to 1899 considered nomina nuda or species inquirenda”. However, the large body size, the broad abdominal plates and caudal rami, and the identity of the host, all suggest that this copepod is a pandarid, probably a member of the genus Dinemoura Latreille, 1829. This species is here treated as a species inquirendum in Dinemoura. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349600 on 2025-09-13
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Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081 [details]
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Hayes, P., J.L. Justine & G.A. Boxshall. (2012). The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3534:21-39., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p039f.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark Caligus cristatus Gould, 1841Gould (1841: 340–341) wrote: “I have another species of Caligus, quite different from the preceding, taken from a shark (Lamna punctata). It is remarkable for having, within each posterior angle of the shield, two little elevated crests, placed at right angles to each other. The abdominal and caudal plates are very long and broad, and beyond these the jointed appendages project, making the whole animal an inch and a half in length. The margin of the shield, behind the antennae, is very thin and finely fringed, to favour adhesion. This may be Pterygopoda Latreillii. Otherwise it may be called C. cristata.” There was no illustration.
Parker (1968) included C. cristata Gould, 1841 in his “List of Caligus species named prior to 1899 considered nomina nuda or species inquirenda”. However, the large body size, the broad abdominal plates and caudal rami, and the identity of the host, all suggest that this copepod is a pandarid, probably a member of the genus Dinemoura Latreille, 1829. This species is here treated as a species inquirendum in Dinemoura. [details]
