WoRMS taxon details
Caligus fortis Kabata, 1965
349625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349625)
accepted
Species
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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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Caligus fortis Kabata, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349625 on 2026-10-17
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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]
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Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2007). Three species of Caligus Muller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on Caranx spp. (Teleostei: Carangidae) off Taiwan. Systematic Parasitology 68(1):33-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-006-9084-0 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Kazachenko, V.N., N.N. Kovaleva, V.T. Nguyen & H.D. Ngo. (2013). Paraziticheskiye rakoobraznyye ryb V'yetnama - Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida). [Fish parasitic crustaceans of Vietnam- Caligidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida).]. <em>Proceedings of the II International scientific-practical conference "Scientific-practical fisheries management issues" on October 23-24, 2013 - Vladivostok 2013.</em> :238-250. [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 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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