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Caligus kanagurta Pillai, 1961 
AphiaID: 349651

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
Source  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch, 1787) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scomber australasicus Cuvier, 1832 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scomber japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Notes  Distribution: India; Hawaii; Malaysia; New Zealand; Korea; and Taiwan [details]

Habitat: wall of gill cavity [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349651
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus kanagurta Pillai, 1961. 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=349651 on 2013-05-18
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