WoRMS taxon details
Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, 1898
357609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:357609)
accepted
Species
Caligus indicus Pillai N.K., 1961 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Further new parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:77-98, pls. 3-6. (viii-1898) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=357609 on 2025-04-26
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Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Further new parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:77-98, pls. 3-6. (viii-1898) [details]
original description (of Caligus indicus Pillai N.K., 1961) Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Caligus indicus Pillai N.K., 1961) Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors
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Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961)
note: As Caligus indicus [details] Available for editors [request]
note: As Caligus indicus [details] Available for editors
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Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 [request]
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 [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): 276 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rangnekar, P.G. & N.N. Murti. (1960). Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, a copepod parasitic on a marine fish at Bombay. <em>Journal of the University of Bombay.</em> (B)28(3):78-81. (24-ix-1960) [for 1959]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Al-Hasson, H.A., K.S. A.S. Al-Niaeem & S. Al-Azizz (2018). Occurrence of Two parasitic copepod crustaceans, Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, 1898 and Lernanthropus sarbae Kensley & Grindley, 1973 from the sparid fish Acanthopagrus bifasciatus from marine waters of Iraq. Biological and Applied Environmental Research, 2(1):49-56. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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
[request]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
[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): 276 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rangnekar, P.G. & N.N. Murti. (1960). Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, a copepod parasitic on a marine fish at Bombay. <em>Journal of the University of Bombay.</em> (B)28(3):78-81. (24-ix-1960) [for 1959]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Al-Hasson, H.A., K.S. A.S. Al-Niaeem & S. Al-Azizz (2018). Occurrence of Two parasitic copepod crustaceans, Caligus cossackii Bassett-Smith, 1898 and Lernanthropus sarbae Kensley & Grindley, 1973 from the sparid fish Acanthopagrus bifasciatus from marine waters of Iraq. Biological and Applied Environmental Research, 2(1):49-56. [details] Available for editors
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