WoRMS name details
Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949
347483 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347483)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Metacaligus uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Metacaligus hilsae (Shen, 1957) accepted as Caligus unguidentatus Rangnekar & Murti, 1950 (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
- Species Metacaligus latus Ho & Lin, 2002 accepted as Caligus cultellus Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Metacaligus rufus (Wilson C.B., 1908) accepted as Caligus rufus Wilson C.B., 1908 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metacaligus trichiuri (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metacaligus unguidentatus (Rangnekar & Murti, 1950) accepted as Caligus unguidentatus Rangnekar & Murti, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metacaligus uruguayensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012)
- Species Metacaligus yucatanensis Suárez-Morales, Kim I.H. & Escamilla, 2012 accepted as Caligus yucatanensis (Suárez-Morales, Kim & Escamilla, 2012) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thomsen, R. (1949). Copépodos parásitos de los peces marinos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 3(54):1-41, pls. 1-14. (16-ix-1949) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347483 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Thomsen, R. (1949). Copépodos parásitos de los peces marinos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 3(54):1-41, pls. 1-14. (16-ix-1949) [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. & A.K.M. Bashirullah. (1977). Two species of caligid copepods (Crustacea) parasitic on marine fishes of Venezuela, with discussion of Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949. Journal of Natural History 11(6):703-714, figs. 1-5. (1-xi-1977)
note: raised to genus level [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Özak, A. A.; Kurt, T. T.; Kamanli, S. A.; Akbulut, G.; Yanar, A.; Boxshall, G. A. (2024). Two new species of planktonic Caligus O.F. Müller 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from Türkiye with an updated review and checklist of planktonic caligids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5437(3): 301-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]
additional source Ho, J.S. & A.K.M. Bashirullah. (1977). Two species of caligid copepods (Crustacea) parasitic on marine fishes of Venezuela, with discussion of Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949. Journal of Natural History 11(6):703-714, figs. 1-5. (1-xi-1977)
note: raised to genus level [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Özak, A. A.; Kurt, T. T.; Kamanli, S. A.; Akbulut, G.; Yanar, A.; Boxshall, G. A. (2024). Two new species of planktonic Caligus O.F. Müller 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from Türkiye with an updated review and checklist of planktonic caligids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5437(3): 301-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.1 [details] Available for editors
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