WoRMS name details

Caligus raniceps Heegaard, 1943

349725  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349725)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Siphonostomatoida (Order)
  10. Caligidae (Family)
  11. Caligus (Genus)
  12. Caligus raniceps (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus raniceps Heegaard, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349725 on 2025-05-07
Date
action
by
2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
created
Walter, T. Chad
2023-10-30 08:11:13Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff

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Nomenclature

original description Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Boxshall, G.A. & J.P. Bernot. (2023). Resolving taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in the genus Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5360(4): 545-567., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.4.5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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): 345 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]