Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 
AphiaID: 135748

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Caligidae > Caligus

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785
Synonymised taxa		Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905 (synonym) Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (synonym) Caligus scutatus Milne Edwards, 1840 (probable synonym) Caligus tesserifer Shiino, 1952 (synonym) Caligus thymni Dana, 1852 (synonym)
Sources		additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus alleteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) accepted as Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus alletteratus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Euthynnus yaito Kishinouye, 1915 accepted as Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Neothunnus albacora (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Parathunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) accepted as Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus alalunga (Cetti, 1777) accepted as Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson, 1831) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135748
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Boxshall, Geoff
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		Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135748 on 2013-05-23