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Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 
AphiaID: 135745

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Caligus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785
Synonymised
taxa
  Caligus krishnai M. M. Thomas, 1968 (synoym)
Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959 (synonym)
Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952 (synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980))
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Bradford-Grieve, J.M.; Wells, J.B. J.; Ho, J. (2009). Copepoda (Crustacea). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

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 Subspecies Caligus bonito kuroshio (Shiino, 1959)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus alleteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus lineatus Kishinouye, 1920 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Gymnosarda alleterata (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Mugil curema Valenciennes, 1836 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oligoplites palometa (Cuvier, 1832) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pelamys sarda (Bloch, 1793) accepted as Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sarda australis (Macleay, 1881) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sarda chilensis (Cuvier, 1832) accepted as Sarda chiliensis chiliensis (Cuvier, 1832) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scomberomorus regalis (Bloch, 1793) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]

Habitat: body surface and oral and gill cavities [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135745
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135745 on 2013-05-25
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