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Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949 
AphiaID: 347483

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Caligidae Burmeister, 1835
Sources  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

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 Species Metacaligus latus Ho & Lin, 2002
Species Metacaligus rufus (Wilson C.B., 1908)
Species Metacaligus trichiuri (Krøyer, 1863)
Species Metacaligus unguidentatus (Rangnekar & Murti, 1950)
Species Metacaligus yucatanensis Suárez-Morales, Kim & Escamilla, 2012

Species Metacaligus hilsae (Shen, 1957) accepted as Metacaligus unguidentatus (Rangnekar & Murti, 1950)
Species Metacaligus uruguayensis (Thomsen, 1949) accepted as Metacaligus trichiuri (Krøyer, 1863)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metacaligus
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Metacaligus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347483
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-07-15 11:49:29Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
2008-08-04 10:50:30Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2010-03-29 18:08:35Z  changed  Ho, Ju-shey
  
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  Citation: Ho, J.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949. 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=347483 on 2013-05-24
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