WoRMS taxon details
Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905
135745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135745)
accepted
Species
Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (unnecessary subspecies)
Caligus bonito kuroshio (Shiino, 1959) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym according to Pillai (1971))
Caligus krishnai Thomas M.M., 1968 · unaccepted (synoym)
Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym, according to Cressey &...)
synonym, according to Cressey & Cressey (1980)
- Subspecies Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, unnecessary subspecies)
- Subspecies Caligus bonito kuroshio (Shiino, 1959) accepted as Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym according to Pillai (1971))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details] 
(of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
(of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135745 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
original description (of Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959) Shiino, S.M. (1959). Neuer Artname für japanische Exemplare von Caligus bonito. [New species name for Japanese specimens of Caligus bonito.]. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 20(11):51-57, figs. 1-2. (iii-1959). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas.</em> 1952:1-42, figs. 1-157. (xii-1952). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Caligus krishnai Thomas M.M., 1968) Thomas, M.M. (1968). A new parasitic copepod, Caligus krishnai, from the mackerel tuna Euthynnus affinis affinis (Cantor). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 9(1):137-140, tab. 1. (ix-1968). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959) Shiino, S.M. (1959). Neuer Artname für japanische Exemplare von Caligus bonito. [New species name for Japanese specimens of Caligus bonito.]. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 20(11):51-57, figs. 1-2. (iii-1959). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas.</em> 1952:1-42, figs. 1-157. (xii-1952). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Caligus krishnai Thomas M.M., 1968) Thomas, M.M. (1968). A new parasitic copepod, Caligus krishnai, from the mackerel tuna Euthynnus affinis affinis (Cantor). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 9(1):137-140, tab. 1. (ix-1968). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Pillai, N.K. (1971). Notes on some copepod parasites in the collection of the British Museum (N.H.), London. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 11(1-2):149-74, figs. 1-138. (iv-1971) [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2000). Four species of unrecorded caligid copepods (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 27(3):201-224. (ix.2000) (In English; summary in Chinese.). [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2000). Four species of unrecorded caligid copepods (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 27(3):201-224. (ix.2000) (In English; summary in Chinese.). [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2002). Two species of siphonostomatoid copepods parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 29(4):313-332. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1956). Copépodes parasitas de peixes dos mares de Angola. [Copepods parasitic on fish from the seas of Angola.]. <em>Anais da Junta de Investigaçoes do Ultramar, Estudos de Biologia, Lisboa.</em> 9(2):7-45, pls. 1-7. (For 1954. Original + partial English translation.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Öktener, A., A. Alas & D. Türker. (2017). Two new hosts for Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Turkey. <em>International Journal of Bonorowo Wetlands.</em> 7(1):1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/bonorowo/w070101 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2002). Two species of siphonostomatoid copepods parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 29(4):313-332. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1956). Copépodes parasitas de peixes dos mares de Angola. [Copepods parasitic on fish from the seas of Angola.]. <em>Anais da Junta de Investigaçoes do Ultramar, Estudos de Biologia, Lisboa.</em> 9(2):7-45, pls. 1-7. (For 1954. Original + partial English translation.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Öktener, A., A. Alas & D. Türker. (2017). Two new hosts for Caligus bonito Wilson C.B., 1905 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) from Turkey. <em>International Journal of Bonorowo Wetlands.</em> 7(1):1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/bonorowo/w070101 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]Habitat body surface and oral and gill cavities [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito bonito) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 78914 Caligus bonito dorsal at 9x photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (126 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caligus kuroshio Shiino, 1959)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito bonito) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus bonito)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Caligus bonito bonito Wilson C.B., 1905)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 78914 Caligus bonito dorsal at 9x photo)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Caligus sarda Pearse, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (126 records)
To ITIS
