WoRMS taxon details
Caligus praetextus Bere, 1936
349714 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349714)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bere, R. (1936). Parasitic copepods from Gulf of Mexico fish. American Midland Naturalist 17(3):577-625, pls. 1-12 with figs. 1-319. (v-1936) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus praetextus Bere, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349714 on 2025-08-23
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Bere, R. (1936). Parasitic copepods from Gulf of Mexico fish. American Midland Naturalist 17(3):577-625, pls. 1-12 with figs. 1-319. (v-1936) [details] Available for editors [request]
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Cressey, R.F. (1991). Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 497:i-iii, 1-53 (including appendix), figs. 1-220. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Kim, I.H., E. Suarez-Morales & B. Marquez-Rojas. (2019). Caligid copepods (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) as zooplankters off the venezuelan coast, western Caribbean Sea. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 35(2):607-618., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-019-00130-w [details] Available for editors [request]
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