Deep-Sea taxon details
Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
135748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135748)
accepted
Species
Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details] 
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135748 on 2025-07-01
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135748 on 2025-07-01
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Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details]
original description (of Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details]
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
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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1965). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup et Lütken. In: Uchida, T. (ed.). New Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Fauna of Japan. Hokuryukan Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo 2:497. (In Japanese.) [details]
additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
additional source Devaraj, M. (1983). Morphological variation in Caligus euthynnus Kurian, 1961 with a discussion on its relationship with C. coryphaenae Stp. & Lutk., 1861. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 20(1-2):158-162, fig. 1. (iii-1983) [details] Available for editors
additional source Collette, B.B. & R.F. Cressey. 1986. Occurrence of Caligus coryphaenae on Thunnus thynnus by Hogans (1985): corrections (Copepoda, Caligidae). Crustaceana, Leiden 51(2), notes and news:220. (ix.1986) [details] Available for editors
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1949). Notes on parasitic copepods. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 111:235-245, figs. 1-10. (28-x-1949) [details] Available for editors
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967). [details] Available for editors
additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Ostpazifische parasitierende Copepoden. [Eastern Pacific parasitic copepods.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):267-333, figs. 1-25. (xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Khoa, T.N.D. & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2021). Caligus coryphaenae infection from the Osumi strait, Southern Japan: A new record on wild yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). <em>Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports.</em> 24: 1-8. 100576 Apr 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100576 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Pillai, N.K. (1963). Observations on the synonymy of Caligus coryphaenae Stp. & Lütk. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (13)5:513-522, figs. 1-4. (18-iv-1963) (not 1962). [details] Available for editors
redescription Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details]
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
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]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1965). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup et Lütken. In: Uchida, T. (ed.). New Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Fauna of Japan. Hokuryukan Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo 2:497. (In Japanese.) [details]
additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
additional source Devaraj, M. (1983). Morphological variation in Caligus euthynnus Kurian, 1961 with a discussion on its relationship with C. coryphaenae Stp. & Lutk., 1861. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 20(1-2):158-162, fig. 1. (iii-1983) [details] Available for editors
additional source Collette, B.B. & R.F. Cressey. 1986. Occurrence of Caligus coryphaenae on Thunnus thynnus by Hogans (1985): corrections (Copepoda, Caligidae). Crustaceana, Leiden 51(2), notes and news:220. (ix.1986) [details] Available for editors
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1949). Notes on parasitic copepods. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 111:235-245, figs. 1-10. (28-x-1949) [details] Available for editors
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967). [details] Available for editors
additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 274 [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Ostpazifische parasitierende Copepoden. [Eastern Pacific parasitic copepods.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):267-333, figs. 1-25. (xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Khoa, T.N.D. & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2021). Caligus coryphaenae infection from the Osumi strait, Southern Japan: A new record on wild yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). <em>Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports.</em> 24: 1-8. 100576 Apr 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100576 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
redescription Pillai, N.K. (1963). Observations on the synonymy of Caligus coryphaenae Stp. & Lütk. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (13)5:513-522, figs. 1-4. (18-iv-1963) (not 1962). [details] Available for editors
redescription Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Ectoparsite found on Thunnus thynnus. Upper epipelagic of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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| Japanese | シイラジラミ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (138 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 42036) (from synonym Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (138 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 42036) (from synonym Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905)
To ITIS
