Copepoda name details
Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933
349730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349730)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Yü, S.C. (1933). Chinese parasitic copepods collected by H.W. Wu, with descriptions of new genera and species. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Zoology 4(4):117-139, pls.1-8. (In Chinese.) [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution China; India; Kuwait; and Taiwan
Distribution China; India; Kuwait; and Taiwan [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus rotundigenitalis Yü, 1933. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349730 on 2025-05-07
original description
Yü, S.C. (1933). Chinese parasitic copepods collected by H.W. Wu, with descriptions of new genera and species. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Zoology 4(4):117-139, pls.1-8. (In Chinese.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Solanki, H.G., P.K. Patil, J.G. Vanza, P. Patel, S. Sethi & C. Gopal. (2016). Sea lice, Caligus rotundigenitalis infestations and its management in pond cultured pearlspot, Etroplus suratensis in Gujarat: a case study. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 40(2):565-567., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0539-y [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Caña-Bozada, V.H. (2014). Registro de Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitando peces marinos de la costa de Jaramijó. <em>Thesis de Grade Previo a la obtención del titulo de biologo pesquero, Universidad Laica 'Eloy Alfaro' de Manabí, Ecuador.</em> 63 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Job, N.J., A.A.M. Hatha & C.K. Radhakrishnan. (2022). Seasonal variation of Caligus rotundigenitalis infestation on the host fish Etroplus suratensis from the Cochin Backwaters, southwest coast of India. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 41(6):132-136. Jun 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1904-1 [details]
additional source Raja, R.A. (2021). Chapter 12. Parasitoses in brackishwater aquaculture. <em>In: Alavandi, S.V., Saraswathy, R., Muralidhar, M., Vijayan, K.K. (Eds.), Perspectives on Brackishwater Aquaculture in India, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Management, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) & Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi), Chennai, India,.</em> 3:215-252. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S., C.L. Lin & S.N. Chen. (2000). Species of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 46(3):159-179. (Dated 3.vii.2000). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on carangid fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 28(3): 177-201. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Leong, T.S. (1984). Copepoda of the genus Caligus (Caligidae) parasitic on Malaysian fishes. <em>Tropical Biomedicine.</em> 1(3):163-174. [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]
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): 348 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rangnekar, M.P. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of the western coast of India with description of one new and redescription of four known species. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)28(3):43-58, figs. 1-6. (xi.1959) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
redescription Lin, C.L., J.S. Ho & S.N. Chen. (1994). Two species of Caligus (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) cultured in Japan. Fish Pathology (Gyobyo Kenkyu), University of Tokyo 29(4):253-264.
note: As Caligus multispinosus (see Ho et al., 2000) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Solanki, H.G., P.K. Patil, J.G. Vanza, P. Patel, S. Sethi & C. Gopal. (2016). Sea lice, Caligus rotundigenitalis infestations and its management in pond cultured pearlspot, Etroplus suratensis in Gujarat: a case study. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 40(2):565-567., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0539-y [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Caña-Bozada, V.H. (2014). Registro de Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitando peces marinos de la costa de Jaramijó. <em>Thesis de Grade Previo a la obtención del titulo de biologo pesquero, Universidad Laica 'Eloy Alfaro' de Manabí, Ecuador.</em> 63 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Job, N.J., A.A.M. Hatha & C.K. Radhakrishnan. (2022). Seasonal variation of Caligus rotundigenitalis infestation on the host fish Etroplus suratensis from the Cochin Backwaters, southwest coast of India. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 41(6):132-136. Jun 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1904-1 [details]
additional source Raja, R.A. (2021). Chapter 12. Parasitoses in brackishwater aquaculture. <em>In: Alavandi, S.V., Saraswathy, R., Muralidhar, M., Vijayan, K.K. (Eds.), Perspectives on Brackishwater Aquaculture in India, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Management, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) & Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi), Chennai, India,.</em> 3:215-252. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S., C.L. Lin & S.N. Chen. (2000). Species of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 46(3):159-179. (Dated 3.vii.2000). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on carangid fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 28(3): 177-201. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Leong, T.S. (1984). Copepoda of the genus Caligus (Caligidae) parasitic on Malaysian fishes. <em>Tropical Biomedicine.</em> 1(3):163-174. [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]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): 348 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rangnekar, M.P. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of the western coast of India with description of one new and redescription of four known species. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)28(3):43-58, figs. 1-6. (xi.1959) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]redescription Lin, C.L., J.S. Ho & S.N. Chen. (1994). Two species of Caligus (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) cultured in Japan. Fish Pathology (Gyobyo Kenkyu), University of Tokyo 29(4):253-264.
note: As Caligus multispinosus (see Ho et al., 2000) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution China; India; Kuwait; and Taiwan [details]Habitat body surface, gills and gill cavities [details]
