WoRMS taxon details
Caligidae Burmeister, 1835
135513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135513)
accepted
Family
Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eirgidae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Euryphoridae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Euryphorinae Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pargulidae Shen, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sciaenophilidae Heegaard, 1966 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Abasia Wilson C.B., 1908
- Genus Alanlewisia Boxshall, 2008
- Genus Alebion Krøyer, 1863
- Genus Anchicaligus Stebbing, 1900
- Genus Anuretes Heller, 1865
- Genus Arrama Dojiri & Cressey, 1991
- Genus Avitocaligus Boxshall & Justine, 2005
- Genus Belizia Cressey, 1990
- Genus Caligodes Heller, 1865
- Genus Caligus Müller O.F., 1785
- Genus Caritus Cressey, 1967
- Genus Dartevellia Brian, 1939
- Genus Echetus Krøyer, 1864
- Genus Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840
- Genus Gloiopotes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
- Genus Hermilius Heller, 1865
- Genus Kabataella Prabha & Pillai, 1984
- Genus Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
- Genus Mappates Rangnekar, 1958
- Genus Paralebion Wilson C.B., 1911
- Genus Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
- Genus Parechetus Pillai, 1962
- Genus Pseudanuretes Yamaguti, 1936
- Genus Pseudechetus Prabha & Pillai, 1979
- Genus Pupulina Beneden, 1892
- Genus Synestius Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
- Genus Tuxophorus Wilson C.B., 1908
- Genus Alicaligus Shiino, 1955 accepted as Abasia Wilson C.B., 1908 (synonym )
- Subfamily Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Caligidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Apogonia Cressey & Cressey, 1990 accepted as Cresseyella Bezděk & Cressey, 2004 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (preoccupied according to Bezdek & Cressey, 2004)
- Genus Arnaeus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonym)
- Genus Caligera Beneden, 1892 accepted as Alebion Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
- Genus Caligeria Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonym)
- Genus Caligopsis Markevich, 1940 accepted as Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (junior homonym)
- Genus Caligulina Heegaard, 1972 accepted as Anchicaligus Stebbing, 1900 (synonym)
- Genus Caligulus Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
- Genus Calina Beneden, 1892 accepted as Gloiopotes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
- Genus Chalimus Burmeister, 1833 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (based on larval stages, but synonymised with Lepeophtheirus)
- Genus Cresseyella Bezděk & Cressey, 2004 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym according to Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
- Genus Dentigryps Wilson C.B., 1913 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
- Genus Diphyllogaster Brian, 1899 accepted as Pupulina Beneden, 1892 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym according to Pillai & Padmanabhan, 1963)
- Subfamily Dissoninae Kurtz, 1924 accepted as Dissonidae Kurtz, 1924 (elevated to family level)
- Genus Dysgamus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonymy)
- Genus Eirgos Bere, 1936 accepted as Anuretes Heller, 1865 (synonym)
- Genus Elytrophora Gerstaecker, 1853 accepted as Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840 (synonym)
- Genus Heniochophilus Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 accepted as Anuretes Heller, 1865 (junior synonym according to Dojiri & Ho (2013))
- Genus Homoiotes Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym)
- Genus Indocaligus Pillai, 1961 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (synonym according to Pillai (1963))
- Genus Lamarckina Quidor, 1913 accepted as Caligodes Heller, 1865 (unaccepted > junior homonym, preoccupied)
- Genus Laxe Strøm, 1765 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (Part of a vernacular name but listed as a synonym by Baird, 1850)
- Genus Lepeophteirus von Nordmann, 1832 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (misspelling)
- Genus Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Midias Wilson C.B., 1911 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Platyporinus Rao, 1950 accepted as Alebion Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
- Genus Pseudocaligus Scott A., 1901 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (recognised as synonym by Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
- Genus Pseudolepeophtheirus Markevich, 1940 accepted as Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832 (placed in synonymy by Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
- Genus Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962 accepted as Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, synonymy)
- Genus Risculus Leach, 1819 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (synonym)
- Genus Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, according to Ozak et al., 2017)
- Genus Scienophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (misspelling)
- Genus Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tripartia Kazachenko, 2001 accepted as Parapetalus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
- Subfamily Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Caligidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Tuxophoropsis Pillai, 1985 accepted as Tuxophorus Wilson C.B., 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Calistes Dana, 1849-1852 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, listed as genus inquirendum by Boxshall & Halsey, 2004)
marine, brackish, fresh
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligidae Burmeister, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135513 on 2025-11-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details]
original description (of Sciaenophilidae Heegaard, 1966) Heegaard, P.E. (1966). Parasitic copepods from Texas. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 129: 187-197, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Euryphorinae Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Eirgidae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.
page(s): 95; note: established new family with Eirgos as the type genus [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Euryphoridae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pargulidae Shen, 1940) Shen, C.J. (1940). Two new species of Branchiura from Yunnan, belonging to Argulidae and Pargulidae, fam. nov. :263-271. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Sciaenophilidae Heegaard, 1966) Heegaard, P.E. (1966). Parasitic copepods from Texas. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 129: 187-197, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Anuretinae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Tuxophorinae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Euryphorinae Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Eirgidae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.
page(s): 95; note: established new family with Eirgos as the type genus [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Euryphoridae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pargulidae Shen, 1940) Shen, C.J. (1940). Two new species of Branchiura from Yunnan, belonging to Argulidae and Pargulidae, fam. nov. :263-271. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Dojiri, M. (1983). Revision of the genera of the Caligidae (Siphonostomatoida), copepods predominantly parasitic on marine fishes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.</em> 721pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Dojiri, M. (1983). Revision of the genera of the Caligidae (Siphonostomatoida), copepods predominantly parasitic on marine fishes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.</em> 721pp. [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. & M.A. Montú. (1997). Copepoda parasitic on Brazilian coastal fishes: A handbook. <em>Nauplius, Rio Grande.</em> 5(1):1-225. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2002). New species of Metacaligus (Caligidae, Copepoda) parasitic on the cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus) of Taiwan, with a cladistic analysis of the family Caligidae. Zoological Sciences 19(12):1363-1376. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Boxshall, G.A. & M.A. Montú. (1997). Copepoda parasitic on Brazilian coastal fishes: A handbook. <em>Nauplius, Rio Grande.</em> 5(1):1-225. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2002). New species of Metacaligus (Caligidae, Copepoda) parasitic on the cutlassfish (Trichiurus lepturus) of Taiwan, with a cladistic analysis of the family Caligidae. Zoological Sciences 19(12):1363-1376. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
