Caligus tetrodontis Barnard, 1948 
AphiaID: 349760

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
Sources		original description: Barnard, K.H.. 1948. New records and descriptions of new species of parasitic Copepoda from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1:242-254, figs. 1-8. (iv-1948) [details] basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Amblyrhynchotes honckenii (Bloch, 1785) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Tetrodon hypselogeneion Bleeker, 1852 accepted as Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349760
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-07-15 14:41:49Z   created   Walter, T. Chad
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		Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus tetrodontis Barnard, 1948. 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=349760 on 2013-05-24