WoRMS taxon details
Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, 1950
AphiaID: 349711
AphiaID: 349711
| 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 canthidermis Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Balistes maculatus Bloch, 1786 accepted as Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch, 1786) accepted as Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection | |||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: India; Japan; and Taiwan [details] Habitat: body surface and fins [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349711 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | ||||||||
| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, 1950. 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=349711 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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