Copepoda name details
Caligus sensilis Kabata & Gusev, 1966
349742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349742)
unaccepted (synonym according to Lin & Ho, 1997)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kabata, Z. & A.V. Gusev. (1966). Parasitic Copepoda of fishes from the collection of the Zoological Institute in Leningrad. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 46(309):155-207, figs. 1-176. (x-1966) [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Cressey (1991) placed C. sensilis is synonymy of C. balistae, but gave no arguments in support of this proposal. Lin & Ho...
Taxonomy Cressey (1991) placed C. sensilis is synonymy of C. balistae, but gave no arguments in support of this proposal. Lin & Ho (1997) revisited this problem and considered C. sensilis to be a synonym of C. polycanthi. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Caligus sensilis Kabata & Gusev, 1966. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349742 on 2025-05-08
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Kabata, Z. & A.V. Gusev. (1966). Parasitic Copepoda of fishes from the collection of the Zoological Institute in Leningrad. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 46(309):155-207, figs. 1-176. (x-1966) [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (1997). Taxonomic status of Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, a copepod parasite of marine fishes in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Studies 36(4):340-344. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (1997). Taxonomic status of Caligus polycanthi Gnanamuthu, a copepod parasite of marine fishes in the Indo-West Pacific. Zoological Studies 36(4):340-344. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy Cressey (1991) placed C. sensilis is synonymy of C. balistae, but gave no arguments in support of this proposal. Lin & Ho (1997) revisited this problem and considered C. sensilis to be a synonym of C. polycanthi. [details]