Copepoda name details
Sinocaligus Shen, 1957
348014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348014)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Sinocaligus denticulatus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus formicoides Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 (type by original designation)
Pseudopetalus Pillai, 1962 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (synonymy)
- Species Sinocaligus caudatus (Gnanamuthu, 1950) accepted as Caligus caudatus (Gnanamuthu, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination, generic transfer according to Boxshall and Barton (2023))
- Species Sinocaligus denticulatus Shen, 1957 accepted as Caligus formicoides Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, synonym according to Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
- Species Sinocaligus dussumieri (Rangnekar, 1957) accepted as Caligus dussumieri Rangnekar, 1957 (unaccepted > superseded combination, generic transfer according to Boxshall and Barton (2023))
- Species Sinocaligus formicoides (Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949) accepted as Caligus formicoides Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 (unaccepted > superseded combination, generic transfer according to Boxshall and Barton (2023))
- Species Sinocaligus timorensis (Izawa, 1995) accepted as Caligus timorensis (Izawa, 1995) (unaccepted > superseded combination, generic transfer according to Boxshall and Barton (2023))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Shen, C.J. (1957). Parasitic copepods from fishes of China. Part II. Caligoida, Caligidae (1). Acta Zoologica Sinica 9(4):351-378, pls. 1-11. (xii-1957, Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sinocaligus Shen, 1957. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348014 on 2025-05-05
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Shen, C.J. (1957). Parasitic copepods from fishes of China. Part II. Caligoida, Caligidae (1). Acta Zoologica Sinica 9(4):351-378, pls. 1-11. (xii-1957, Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Boxshall, G.A. & D.P. Barton. (2023). Caligid sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from golden snapper Lutjanus johnii (Bloch) in Australian waters, with the recognition of Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 as a junior synonym of Caligus Müller, 1785. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 100:487 - 504. Jun 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10099-z [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Boxshall, G.A. & D.P. Barton. (2023). Caligid sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from golden snapper Lutjanus johnii (Bloch) in Australian waters, with the recognition of Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 as a junior synonym of Caligus Müller, 1785. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 100:487 - 504. Jun 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10099-z [details] Available for editors
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