WoRMS taxon details
Caligus lagocephali Pillai N.K., 1961
349659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349659)
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Species
Caligus fugu Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 · unaccepted (This became a junior secondary...)
This became a junior secondary homonym of Caligus fugu (Yamaguti, 1936) after the generic synonymy proposed by Dojiri and Ho, 2013. See Özak et al., 2013 for details.
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Taxonomy This is the oldest valid name for Caligus fugu Yamaguti and Yamasu, 1959 which became a junior secondary homonym of Caligus...
Taxonomy This is the oldest valid name for Caligus fugu Yamaguti and Yamasu, 1959 which became a junior secondary homonym of Caligus fugu (Yamaguti, 1936) after the generic synonymy proposed by Dojiri & Ho, 2013. See Özak et al., 2013 for details. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Caligus lagocephali Pillai N.K., 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349659 on 2026-09-19
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Nomenclature
original description
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 fugu Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan with description of 26 new species and remarks on two known species. Biological Journal of Okayama University 5(3-4):89-165, pls. 1-14. (ix-1959) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Caligus fugu Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan with description of 26 new species and remarks on two known species. Biological Journal of Okayama University 5(3-4):89-165, pls. 1-14. (ix-1959) [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Özak, A.A., I. Demirkale & A. Yanar. (2012). First Record of Two Species of Parasitic Copepods on Immigrant Pufferfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) Caught in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. <em>Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 12: 675-681., available online at https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v12_3_16 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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
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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): 305 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., H.Y. Soh, U.W. Hwang, C.Y. Chang & J.G. Myoung (2015). First records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida) from marine fishes in Korea. <i>Tropical Biomedicine</i>. 32(2):352-364. [details] Available for editors [request]
[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): 305 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., H.Y. Soh, U.W. Hwang, C.Y. Chang & J.G. Myoung (2015). First records of parasitic copepods (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida) from marine fishes in Korea. <i>Tropical Biomedicine</i>. 32(2):352-364. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy This is the oldest valid name for Caligus fugu Yamaguti and Yamasu, 1959 which became a junior secondary homonym of Caligus fugu (Yamaguti, 1936) after the generic synonymy proposed by Dojiri & Ho, 2013. See Özak et al., 2013 for details. [details]
