WoRMS taxon details
Metacaligus trichiuri (Krøyer, 1863)
AphiaID: 709991
AphiaID: 709991
| 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 trichiuri Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012) Metacaligus uruguayensis (Thomsen, 1949) (synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record (from synonym): Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
parasitic: ectoparasitic on Trichiurus haumela (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
parasitic: ectoparasitic on Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709991 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Metacaligus trichiuri (Krøyer, 1863). 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=709991 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||
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