Caligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 
AphiaID: 349688

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 distortus Pillai & Natarajan, 1977 (synonym according to Ho et al. (2000))
Sources		basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Arius nenga (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Nemapteryx nenga (Hamilton, 1822) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch, 1786) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 [details]
Link		To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes		Distribution: India and Taiwan [details] Habitat: inner wall of operculum [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349688
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 14:41:49Z   created   Walter, T. Chad 2010-05-17 11:46:44Z   changed   Boxshall, Geoff
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		Citation: Boxshall, G.; Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus nengai Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953. 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=349688 on 2013-05-21