Caligus quadratus
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Caligus quadratus Shiino, 1954
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Caligus quadratus Shiino, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349721 on 2026-08-02
created: 2008-07-15T16:41:49Z
modified: 2008-07-15T16:41:49Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Caligus quadratus Shiino, 1954
class: Copepoda
family: Caligidae
genus: Caligus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Shiino, S.M. (1954). Note on Caligus quadratus n. sp., a copepod parasitic on the fish, Neothynnus macropterus (T. & S.). Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi) 20(1):26-29, fig. 1.
name published in year: 1954
order: Siphonostomatoida
parent name usage ID: 135566
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Shiino, 1954
specific epithet: quadratus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted