WoRMS taxon details
Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965
357475 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:357475)
accepted
Species
Caligus thynni Pillai N.K., 1963 · unaccepted > junior homonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kabata, Z. (1965). Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. IV. Genus Caligus (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13)8:109-126, figs. 1-6. (31-xii-1965), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936508651546 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution New south Wales, Australia; western Australia; Madagascar; Queensland, Australia; Hawaii; Eniwetok Atoll; Seychelles, Taiwan.
Distribution New south Wales, Australia; western Australia; Madagascar; Queensland, Australia; Hawaii; Eniwetok Atoll; Seychelles, Taiwan. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=357475 on 2026-10-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Kabata, Z. (1965). Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. IV. Genus Caligus (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13)8:109-126, figs. 1-6. (31-xii-1965), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936508651546 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Caligus thynni Pillai N.K., 1963) Pillai, N.K. (1963). Copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes: Family Caligidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 5(1):68-96, figs. 1-16. (xii-1963) [details] Available for editors [request]
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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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Devi Tirumalasetty, L.V.S. & B.V. Sandeep. (2016). Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1967 on Euthynnus affinis (Cantor) from the marine waters of Waltiar coast, Visakhapatnam. International Journal of Advanced Life Sciences, 9(3):336-338. [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]
additional source 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]
additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.121-3574.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [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): 245 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors [request]
[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]additional source 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]additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.121-3574.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [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): 245 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
