WoRMS taxon details
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
AphiaID: 135748
AphiaID: 135748
| 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 aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905 (synonym) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (synonym) Caligus scutatus Milne Edwards, 1840 (probable synonym) Caligus tesserifer Shiino, 1952 (synonym) Caligus thymni Dana, 1852 (synonym) | |||||||
| 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: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (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] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record (from synonym): Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [details] 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 alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915 accepted as Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Neothunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Parathunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777) accepted as Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 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: Ectoparsite found on Thunnus thynnus. Upper epipelagic of the Gulf and estuary [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135748 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. 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=135748 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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