WoRMS taxon details
Metacaligus rufus (Wilson C.B., 1908)
AphiaID: 366085
AphiaID: 366085
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Metacaligus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caligus rufus Wilson C.B., 1908 (included in Metacaligus by Ho & Bashirullah, 1977) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
source of synonymy: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oligoplites palometa (Cuvier, 1832) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366085 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Ho, J.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Metacaligus rufus (Wilson C.B., 1908). 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=366085 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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