WoRMS name details

Caligus acutus Kirtisinghe, 1964

349548  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349548)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Siphonostomatoida (Order)
  10. Caligidae (Family)
  11. Caligus (Genus)
  12. Caligus acutus (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus acutus Kirtisinghe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349548 on 2025-05-08
Date
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
created
Walter, T. Chad
2009-03-02 15:48:31Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff
2020-10-03 13:10:25Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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