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Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898 
AphiaID: 349674

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 amplifurcus Pearse, 1952 (synonym)
Caligus lucidus Heegaard, 1962 (synonym)
Caligus rugosus Shiino, 1959 (synonym)
Caligus scabiei Gnanamuthu, 1950 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthurus bahianus Castelnau, 1855 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthurus coeruleus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Carangoides crysos (Mitchill, 1815) accepted as Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Centropristis melana Ginsburg, 1952 accepted as Centropristis striata (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Gnathodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Haemulon sciurus (Shaw, 1803) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Lactophrys bicaudalis (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Paralichthys lethostigma Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pomacanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Selene setapinnis (Mitchill, 1815) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Selene vomer (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: India; Belize; New South Wales; Florida; Japan; Pacific coast of Mexico; Hawaii; and Taiwan [details]

Habitat: gill cavity and body surface [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349674
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus longipedis Bassett-Smith, 1898. 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=349674 on 2013-05-25
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