WoRMS taxon details
Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson C.B., 1908
356311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356311)
accepted
Species
Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym according to Hayes,...)
synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012
Caligus remorae Brian, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym according to Capart...)
synonym according to Capart (1941, 1959)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1580):593-627, pls. 49-56. (28-ii-1908). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson C.B., 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356311 on 2025-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1580):593-627, pls. 49-56. (28-ii-1908). [details]
original description (of Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas.</em> 1952:1-42, figs. 1-157. (xii-1952). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Caligus remorae Brian, 1905) Brian, A. (1905). Nouveau copépode parasite (Caligus remorae n. sp., mihi). [New parasitic copepod (Caligus remorae n. sp., mihi).]. <em>Archives de Parasitologie, Paris.</em> 9(4):564-567, figs. 1-9. (1-vii-1905). [details]
original description (of Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas.</em> 1952:1-42, figs. 1-157. (xii-1952). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Caligus remorae Brian, 1905) Brian, A. (1905). Nouveau copépode parasite (Caligus remorae n. sp., mihi). [New parasitic copepod (Caligus remorae n. sp., mihi).]. <em>Archives de Parasitologie, Paris.</em> 9(4):564-567, figs. 1-9. (1-vii-1905). [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Takemoto, R.M. & J.L. Luque. (2002). Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae). <em>Acta Scientiarum, Biological Sciences, Maringá.</em> 24(2): 481-487. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. <em>Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University.</em> 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Capart, A. (1941). Copepoda parasitica. [Parasitic Copepoda]. <em>In: Résultats scientifiques des croisières du Navire-école belge 'Mercator', 3(5). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> (2)21:171-197, figs. 1-9. (31-v-1941). [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1955). Parasitic copepods from tropical West Africa. Atlantide Report 3:41-56, figs. 1-20. (24-xi-1955) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
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): 473 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rangnekar, M.P. (1960). Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, a copepod parasitic on a local fish. Journal of Bioscience, Bangalore 3(1):20-25, figs. 1-2. (vi-1960) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional 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]
[request]additional source Capart, A. (1941). Copepoda parasitica. [Parasitic Copepoda]. <em>In: Résultats scientifiques des croisières du Navire-école belge 'Mercator', 3(5). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> (2)21:171-197, figs. 1-9. (31-v-1941). [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1955). Parasitic copepods from tropical West Africa. Atlantide Report 3:41-56, figs. 1-20. (24-xi-1955) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]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): 473 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rangnekar, M.P. (1960). Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, a copepod parasitic on a local fish. Journal of Bioscience, Bangalore 3(1):20-25, figs. 1-2. (vi-1960) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caligus bifurcatus Pearse, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
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