WoRMS taxon details
Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964
349592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349592)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Parker, R.R. & L. Margolis. (1964). A new species of parasitic copepod, Caligus clemensi sp. nov. (Caligoida, Caligidae) from pelagic fishes in the coastal waters of British Columbia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 21(5):873-889, figs. 1-12. [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349592 on 2025-11-28
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Parker, R.R. & L. Margolis. (1964). A new species of parasitic copepod, Caligus clemensi sp. nov. (Caligoida, Caligidae) from pelagic fishes in the coastal waters of British Columbia. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 21(5):873-889, figs. 1-12. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Saksida, S., J. Constantine, G.A. Karreman & A. Donald. (2007). Evaluation of sea lice abundance levels on farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) located in the Broughton Archipelago of British Columbia from 2003 to 2005. <em>Aquaculture Research.</em> 38(3):219-231., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01651.x [details]
additional source Beamish, R., J. Wade, W. Pennell, E. Gordon, S. Jones, C. Neville, K. Lange & R. Sweeting. (2009). A large, natural infection of sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon in the Gulf Islands area of British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture 297(1-4):31-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.09.001 [details]
additional source Abdelsalam, M., M.M. Attia, M.S. Marzouk, R.M.S. Korany, M.Y. Elgendy, A.W. Soliman, A. Prince & A.H. Hamada. (2024). Investigating dynamics, etiology, pathology, and therapeutic interventions of Caligus clemensi and Vibrio alginolyticus co-infection in farmed marine fish. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 14(1): 1-18. Sep 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70528-x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Abdelsalam, M., A.W. Soliman, A.H. Hamada, A, Fadel, R.M.S. Korany & M.M. Attia. (2025). Seasonal dynamics of Caligus clemensi Infestation in European Seabass and flathead grey mullet Integrating morphological, molecular, immunological, and environmental perspectives. <em>Microbial Pathogenesis.</em> 199: 107187. Feb 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2024.107187 [details]
additional source Attia, M.M., M. Abdelsalam, H.I. Mohamed, A. Shadidizaji, A.W. Soliman & M. Warda. (2025). Punica granatum extract demonstrates antiparasitic effects against Caligus clemensi through in silico and in vitro studies. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 15(1):1-18. Oct 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-19529-y [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Butterworth, K.G., J.D. Ronquillo & R.S. McKinley. (2005). Simplified illustrated sea lice identification guide for Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi in British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture Association of Canada Special Publication 9: 101-103. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Galbraith, M.D. (2005). Identification of larval stages of Caligus clemensi and Lepeophtheirus salmonis from the Broughton Archipelago. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 548: 1-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jones, S.R.M., G. Prosperi-Porta, E. Kim, P. Callow & N.B. Hargreaves. (2006). The occurrence of Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi (Copepoda: Caligidae) on three-spine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in coastal British Columbia. Journal of Parasitology 92(3):473-440. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1972). Developmental stages of Caligus clemensi (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29(11):1571-1593, figs. 1-106. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Beamish, R., J. Wade, W. Pennell, E. Gordon, S. Jones, C. Neville, K. Lange & R. Sweeting. (2009). A large, natural infection of sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon in the Gulf Islands area of British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture 297(1-4):31-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.09.001 [details]
additional source Abdelsalam, M., M.M. Attia, M.S. Marzouk, R.M.S. Korany, M.Y. Elgendy, A.W. Soliman, A. Prince & A.H. Hamada. (2024). Investigating dynamics, etiology, pathology, and therapeutic interventions of Caligus clemensi and Vibrio alginolyticus co-infection in farmed marine fish. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 14(1): 1-18. Sep 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70528-x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Abdelsalam, M., A.W. Soliman, A.H. Hamada, A, Fadel, R.M.S. Korany & M.M. Attia. (2025). Seasonal dynamics of Caligus clemensi Infestation in European Seabass and flathead grey mullet Integrating morphological, molecular, immunological, and environmental perspectives. <em>Microbial Pathogenesis.</em> 199: 107187. Feb 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2024.107187 [details]
additional source Attia, M.M., M. Abdelsalam, H.I. Mohamed, A. Shadidizaji, A.W. Soliman & M. Warda. (2025). Punica granatum extract demonstrates antiparasitic effects against Caligus clemensi through in silico and in vitro studies. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 15(1):1-18. Oct 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-19529-y [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Butterworth, K.G., J.D. Ronquillo & R.S. McKinley. (2005). Simplified illustrated sea lice identification guide for Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi in British Columbia, Canada. Aquaculture Association of Canada Special Publication 9: 101-103. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Galbraith, M.D. (2005). Identification of larval stages of Caligus clemensi and Lepeophtheirus salmonis from the Broughton Archipelago. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 548: 1-21. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jones, S.R.M., G. Prosperi-Porta, E. Kim, P. Callow & N.B. Hargreaves. (2006). The occurrence of Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi (Copepoda: Caligidae) on three-spine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus in coastal British Columbia. Journal of Parasitology 92(3):473-440. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1972). Developmental stages of Caligus clemensi (Copepoda: Caligidae). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 29(11):1571-1593, figs. 1-106. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus clemensi)
To GenBank (16046 nucleotides; 1235 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus clemensi)
To GenBank (16046 nucleotides; 1235 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
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