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 2025-06-26
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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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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 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 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]
[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 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 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
