WoRMS name details
Pseudocaligus laminatus Rangnekar, 1955
355072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355072)
unaccepted (transferred to Caligus by generic level synonymy, see Dojiri & Ho, 2013)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rangnekar, M.P. (1955). Pseudocaligus laminatus sp. nov. and Diphyllogaster aliuncus sp. nov. (Copepoda) parasitic on Bombay fishes. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)23(5):44-52, figs. 1-28. (iii-1955) [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Bombay, India; Taiwan
Distribution Bombay, India; Taiwan [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocaligus laminatus Rangnekar, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355072 on 2025-11-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Rangnekar, M.P. (1955). Pseudocaligus laminatus sp. nov. and Diphyllogaster aliuncus sp. nov. (Copepoda) parasitic on Bombay fishes. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)23(5):44-52, figs. 1-28. (iii-1955) [details] Available for editors [request]
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redescription
Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Prasad, B.O. & S. Radhakrishnan (2010). Metazoan parasites of smooth-backed blow fish Lagocephalus inermis from Kerala, south-west coast of India. <i>Indian Journal of Fisheries</i>. 57(4):71-76. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2003). Two species of rare sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 30(2):147-158. [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): 371 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2003). Two species of rare sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 30(2):147-158. [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): 371 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
