Caligus vexator Heller, 1865 
AphiaID: 135770

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
Source		Not documented
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Alectis alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) accepted as Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Chaetodon hoefleri Steindachner, 1881 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Chaetodon marleyi Regan, 1921 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dentex filosus Valenciennes, 1841 accepted as Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dentex gibbosus (Rafinesque, 1810) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Dentex vulgaris Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Dentex dentex (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Latilus semifasciatus Norman, 1931 accepted as Branchiostegus semifasciatus (Norman, 1931) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Parapristipoma humile (Bowdich, 1825) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Parapristipoma macrops (Pellegrin, 1912) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Polydactylus quadrifilis (Cuvier, 1829) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Scyris alexandrinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) accepted as Alectis alexandrina (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sparus pagrus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pagrus pagrus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135770
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Boxshall, Geoff
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		Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Caligus vexator Heller, 1865. 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=135770 on 2013-05-23