Aphia name details
Pseudocaligus fugu Yamaguti, 1936
355070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355070)
unaccepted (Generic reassignment based on generic synonymy proposed by Dojiri & Ho, 2013, see Özak et al., 2013 for details)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Yamaguti, S. (1936). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 2. Caligoida, I. <em>Kyoto Imperial University.</em> 1-22, pls. 1-12. (5-x-1936). [details] Available for editors 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocaligus fugu Yamaguti, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355070 on 2026-08-09
original description
Yamaguti, S. (1936). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 2. Caligoida, I. <em>Kyoto Imperial University.</em> 1-22, pls. 1-12. (5-x-1936). [details] Available for editors
additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., E. Iwamoto, J. Okuda, S. Matsuda, S. Taniyama, Y. Shida, M. Asakawa, S. Ohtsuka,T. Nakai & G.A. Boxshall. (2007). Isolation and characterization of bacteria from the copepod Pseudocaligus fugu ectoparasitic on the panther puffer Takifugu pardalis with the emphasis on TTX. Toxicon 50(6): 779-790., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.021 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ohtsuka, S., I.Takami, B.A. Venmathi Maran, K. Ogawa, T. Shimono, Y. Fujita, M. Asakawa & G.A. Boxshall. (2009). Developmental stages and growth of Pseudocaligus fugu Yamaguti, (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) host-specific to puffer. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 43:1779-1804., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930902993757 [details] Available for editors
additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., S. Ohtsuka,I. Takami, S. Okabe & G.A. Boxshall. (2011). Recent advances in the biology of the parasitic copeod Pseudocaligus fugu (Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae), host specific to pufferfishes of the Genus Takifugu (Actinopterygii, Tetraodontidae). New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology, A. Asakura (ed.) Proceedings of The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting held between 20 and 24 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Brill :31-45, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004174252.i-354.30 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kaji, T., B.A. Venmathi Maran, Y. Kondoh, S. Ohtuska, G.A. Boxshall & A. Tsukagoshi (2012). The lunule of caligid copepods: an evolutionarily novel structure. Evolution & Development 14(6):465-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/ede.12000 [details] Available for editors
additional source Okawachi, H. S. Ohtsuka, N.B. Ismail, B.A. Venmathi Maran & K. Ogawa. (2012). Seasonal Occurrence and Microhabitat of the Hyperparasitic Monogenean Udonella fugu on the Caligid Copepod Pseudocaligus fugu Infecting the Grass Puffer Takifugu niphobles in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. Ocean Science Journal 47(3):181-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-012-0018-2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Freeman, M.A., H. Anshary & K. Ogawa. (2013). Multiple gene analyses of caligid copepods indicate that the reduction of a thoracic appendage in Pseudocaligus represents convergent evolution. <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 6:1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-336 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ikeda, K., B.A.Venmathi Maran, S. Honda, S. Ohtsuka, O. Arakawa, T.Takatani, M. Asakawa & G.A. Boxshall. (2006). Accumulation of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in Pseudocaligus fugu, a parasitic copepod from panther puffer Takifugu pardalis, but without vertical transmission - Using an immunoenzymatic techniques. <em>Toxicon.</em> 48:116-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.04.019 [details] Available for editors
additional source Tensha, K. & K. Momoyama. (2006). Eflects of hydrogen peroxide solution and diluted seawater on detaching the parasitic copepod Pseudocaligus fugu from the juvenile tiger pufter Takifugu rubripes. <em>Bulletin Yamaguchi Prefecture Fisheries Research Center.</em> 4:163-166. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams, B.L. (2010). Behavioral and chemical ecology of marine organisms with respect to tetrodotoxin. <em>Marine Drugs.</em> 8(3):381-398., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/md8030381
note: may be attracted to TTX, based on its specificity for toxic puffer fish hosts [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1963). On the male of Pseudocaligus fugu Yamaguti (Copepoda: Caligoida). Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 4(3):331-334, fig. 1. (15-xii-1963) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ogawa, K. & K. Inouye. (1997). Parasites of cultured tiger puffer (Takifugu rubripes) and their seasonal occurrences, with descriptions of two new species of Gyrodactylus. <em>Fish Pathology (Gyobyu Kenkyu), University of Tokyo.</em> 32(1):7-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.32.7 [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., E. Iwamoto, J. Okuda, S. Matsuda, S. Taniyama, Y. Shida, M. Asakawa, S. Ohtsuka,T. Nakai & G.A. Boxshall. (2007). Isolation and characterization of bacteria from the copepod Pseudocaligus fugu ectoparasitic on the panther puffer Takifugu pardalis with the emphasis on TTX. Toxicon 50(6): 779-790., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.021 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ohtsuka, S., I.Takami, B.A. Venmathi Maran, K. Ogawa, T. Shimono, Y. Fujita, M. Asakawa & G.A. Boxshall. (2009). Developmental stages and growth of Pseudocaligus fugu Yamaguti, (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) host-specific to puffer. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 43:1779-1804., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930902993757 [details] Available for editors
additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., S. Ohtsuka,I. Takami, S. Okabe & G.A. Boxshall. (2011). Recent advances in the biology of the parasitic copeod Pseudocaligus fugu (Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae), host specific to pufferfishes of the Genus Takifugu (Actinopterygii, Tetraodontidae). New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology, A. Asakura (ed.) Proceedings of The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting held between 20 and 24 September 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Brill :31-45, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004174252.i-354.30 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kaji, T., B.A. Venmathi Maran, Y. Kondoh, S. Ohtuska, G.A. Boxshall & A. Tsukagoshi (2012). The lunule of caligid copepods: an evolutionarily novel structure. Evolution & Development 14(6):465-475., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/ede.12000 [details] Available for editors
additional source Okawachi, H. S. Ohtsuka, N.B. Ismail, B.A. Venmathi Maran & K. Ogawa. (2012). Seasonal Occurrence and Microhabitat of the Hyperparasitic Monogenean Udonella fugu on the Caligid Copepod Pseudocaligus fugu Infecting the Grass Puffer Takifugu niphobles in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. Ocean Science Journal 47(3):181-187., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12601-012-0018-2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Freeman, M.A., H. Anshary & K. Ogawa. (2013). Multiple gene analyses of caligid copepods indicate that the reduction of a thoracic appendage in Pseudocaligus represents convergent evolution. <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 6:1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-336 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ikeda, K., B.A.Venmathi Maran, S. Honda, S. Ohtsuka, O. Arakawa, T.Takatani, M. Asakawa & G.A. Boxshall. (2006). Accumulation of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in Pseudocaligus fugu, a parasitic copepod from panther puffer Takifugu pardalis, but without vertical transmission - Using an immunoenzymatic techniques. <em>Toxicon.</em> 48:116-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.04.019 [details] Available for editors
additional source Tensha, K. & K. Momoyama. (2006). Eflects of hydrogen peroxide solution and diluted seawater on detaching the parasitic copepod Pseudocaligus fugu from the juvenile tiger pufter Takifugu rubripes. <em>Bulletin Yamaguchi Prefecture Fisheries Research Center.</em> 4:163-166. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. <em>National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea.</em> 21(1):75 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Williams, B.L. (2010). Behavioral and chemical ecology of marine organisms with respect to tetrodotoxin. <em>Marine Drugs.</em> 8(3):381-398., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/md8030381
note: may be attracted to TTX, based on its specificity for toxic puffer fish hosts [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1963). On the male of Pseudocaligus fugu Yamaguti (Copepoda: Caligoida). Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 4(3):331-334, fig. 1. (15-xii-1963) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ogawa, K. & K. Inouye. (1997). Parasites of cultured tiger puffer (Takifugu rubripes) and their seasonal occurrences, with descriptions of two new species of Gyrodactylus. <em>Fish Pathology (Gyobyu Kenkyu), University of Tokyo.</em> 32(1):7-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.32.7 [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
