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Caligus macoloricola Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012 
AphiaID: 709478

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
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Rank Species
Parent Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785
Source  original description: Hayes, P.; Justine, J.L. & Boxshall, G.A. (2012). The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural probelms resolved. Zootaxa 3534:21-39., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03534p039f.pdf [details]

Environment marine
Feedingtype  parasitic: ectoparasitic on Macolor niger (Forsskål, 1775) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709478
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2012-11-02 11:56:08Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Caligus macoloricola Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012. 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=709478 on 2013-06-19
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