WoRMS taxon details
Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949
349628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349628)
accepted
Species
Caligus lepeophtheiropsis Pillai N.K., 1968 · unaccepted (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Redkar, M.V., P.G. Rangnekar & N.N. Murti. (1949). Four new species of parasitic copepods from the marine fishes of Bombay. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)18(3):36-50, figs. 1-44 on pls. 1-4. (xi-1949) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349628 on 2025-11-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Redkar, M.V., P.G. Rangnekar & N.N. Murti. (1949). Four new species of parasitic copepods from the marine fishes of Bombay. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)18(3):36-50, figs. 1-44 on pls. 1-4. (xi-1949) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Caligus lepeophtheiropsis Pillai N.K., 1968) Pillai, N.K. (1968). Additions to the copepod parasites of South Indian fishes. Parasitology, Cambridge 58:9-36, figs. 1-12. (ii-1968) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973) Kensley, B. & J.R. Grindley. (1973). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum 62(3):69-130, figs. 1-35. (x-1973) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Caligus lepeophtheiropsis Pillai N.K., 1968) Pillai, N.K. (1968). Additions to the copepod parasites of South Indian fishes. Parasitology, Cambridge 58:9-36, figs. 1-12. (ii-1968) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973) Kensley, B. & J.R. Grindley. (1973). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum 62(3):69-130, figs. 1-35. (x-1973) [details] Available for editors
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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]
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additional source
Morgan, D.L., D. Tang & S.C. Peverell. (2010). Critically endangered Pristis microdon (Elasmobranchii), as a host for the Indian parasitic copepod, Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar et Murti, 1949 (Siphonostomatoida): New records from northern Australia. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 55(4):419-423. [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): 292 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ingelbrecht, J., K.O. Lear, S.B. Martin, A.J. Lymbery, B.M. Norman, G.A. Boxshall & D.L. Morgan. (2024). Ectoparasites of the critically endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western Australia. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 101:1-12. Aug 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.102900 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2025). Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5686(2): 151-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[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): 292 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ingelbrecht, J., K.O. Lear, S.B. Martin, A.J. Lymbery, B.M. Norman, G.A. Boxshall & D.L. Morgan. (2024). Ectoparasites of the critically endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western Australia. <em>Parasitology International.</em> 101:1-12. Aug 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.102900 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2025). Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5686(2): 151-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus furcisetifer)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus natalensis) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus furcisetifer)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeophtheirus natalensis) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus natalensis Kensley & Grindley, 1973)
