Copepoda taxon details

Caligus clavatus Kirtisinghe, 1964 
AphiaID: 349591

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Maxillopoda > Copepoda > Neocopepoda > Podoplea > Siphonostomatoida > Caligidae > Caligus
Status accepted
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Rank Species
Parent Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785
Source  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyraena japonica Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Sphyraena japonica Bloch & Schneider, 1801 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Notes  Distribution: Trivandrum, India; Colombo, Sri Lanka; and Taiwan [details]

Habitat: gill cavity [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349591
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus clavatus Kirtisinghe, 1964. 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=349591 on 2013-05-19