WoRMS taxon details
Caligus oculicola Tang & Newbound, 2004
AphiaID: 362178
AphiaID: 362178
| 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 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Tang, D. & D.R. Newbound. 2004. A new species of copepod (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitic on the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur) from Western Australian waters. Systematic Parasitology 58(1):69-80. [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Feedingtype | adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:362178 | |||||||
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus oculicola Tang & Newbound, 2004. 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=362178 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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