WoRMS taxon details

Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832

135754  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135754)

accepted
Species
Caligus arcticus Brandes, 1956 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus guerini Guiart, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligus kroyeri Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus latifrons Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus leptochilus Leuckart in Frey & Leuckart, 1847 · unaccepted (long treated as synonym of...)  
long treated as synonym of Caligus rapax, probably synonym of C. elongatus
Caligus lumpi Krøyer, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus rabidus Leigh-Sharpe, 1936 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus rissoanus Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus trachypteri Krøyer, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Nordmann, A. von. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. <em>Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin.</em> XVIII:1-150, plates I-X., available online at https://archive.org/details/mikrographische00nordgoog [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution cosmopolitan found in most regions of the world  
Distribution cosmopolitan found in most regions of the world [details]

Taxonomic remark Two forms of C. elongatus have been identified using molecular markers.  
Taxonomic remark Two forms of C. elongatus have been identified using molecular markers. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135754 on 2024-03-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2013-12-19 11:30:23Z
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original description Nordmann, A. von. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. <em>Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin.</em> XVIII:1-150, plates I-X., available online at https://archive.org/details/mikrographische00nordgoog [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus guerini Guiart, 1913) Guiart, J. (1913). Crustacés commensaux et parasites de la baie de Concarneau. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 264:1-10, figs. 1-2. (5-v-1913). [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus leptochilus Leuckart in Frey & Leuckart, 1847) Frey, H. & R. Leuckart. (1847). Beiträge zur Kenntniss Wirbelloser Thiere mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna des Norddeutschen Meeres. <em>In: Beiträge zur Kenntnis wirbelloser Thiere. Brunswick, Viehweg und Sohn, Braunschweig: Freidrich Vieweg und Sohn. Pp. 1-170, pls. 1, 2.</em> [pp. 110-130]. [:165, Caliugs leptochillus]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/2128
page(s): 165 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus arcticus Brandes, 1956) Brandes, C.H. (1956). Caligus arcticus n. sp., ein parasitischer Copepode auf Trachypterus arcticus Brünnich. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 4(2):171-181, pls. 1-2. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Caligus latifrons Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus rabidus Leigh-Sharpe, 1936) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1936). Some rare and new parasitic Copepoda, etc., from Brighton and elsewhere. Parasitology, Cambridge 28:410-413, figs. 1-2. (20-vii-1936) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Caligus kroyeri Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copepodes. In: Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus lumpi Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-64). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus rissoanus Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copepodes. In: Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Caligus trachypteri Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-64). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

taxonomy source Parker, R.R. (1969). Validity of the binomen Caligus elongatus for a common parasitic copepod formerly misidentified with Caligus rapax. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26(4):1013-1035, figs. 1-22. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details]   

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV.  [details]   

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. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Piasecki, W. (1996). The developmental stages of Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Caligidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(8): 1459-1478. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source Agusti-Ridaura, C., L.A. Hamre, P.G. Espedal, O. Oines, T.E. Horsberg & K. Kaur. (2019). First report on sensitivity of Caligus elongatus towards anti-louse chemicals and identification of mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase I genotypes. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 507:190-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.04.022 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Tadros, S.W.A., A.K. El-Gayar & E.M. Abouelhassan. (2020). Prevalence of ecto- and endoparasites of the Sea bass Dicentrachus Labrax in Port Said Governorate, Egypt. <em>Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries.</em> 24(7): 629 – 643. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Parker, R.R. (1969). Validity of the binomen Caligus elongatus for a common parasitic copepod formerly misidentified with Caligus rapax. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26(4):1013-1035, figs. 1-22. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution cosmopolitan found in most regions of the world [details]

Taxonomic remark Two forms of C. elongatus have been identified using molecular markers. [details]

From other sources
Habitat ectoparasite found on Hippoglossus hippoglossus [details]