Copepoda taxon details
Caligus confusus Pillai, 1961
AphiaID: 357608
AphiaID: 357608
| 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 |
basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Feedingtypes |
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx kalla Cuvier, 1833 accepted as Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx sansun (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Rhabdosargus holubi (Steindachner, 1881) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) [details] adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810) [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: South Africa; Ecuador; Panama; Sri Lanka; Eniwetok Atoll; India; Kuwait; Colombia; and Taiwan [details] Habitat: gill cavity and body surface [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:357608 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Caligus confusus Pillai, 1961. 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=357608 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||