WoRMS taxon details
Parechetus carangis (Bassett-Smith, 1898)
356561 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356561)
accepted
Species
Caligodes caligusus (Quidor, 1913) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Caligodes carangis Bassett-Smith, 1898 · unaccepted (Transferred to new genus by...)
Transferred to new genus by Pillai, 1962
Caligodes lamarcki Quidor, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym according to Heegaard, 1945;...)
synonym according to Heegaard, 1945; see Dojiri & Ho, 2013
Lamarckina caligusa Quidor, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
Parechetus constrictus Kirtisinghe, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caligodes carangis Bassett-Smith, 1898) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parechetus carangis (Bassett-Smith, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356561 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caligodes carangis Bassett-Smith, 1898) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898) [details]
original description (of Parechetus constrictus Kirtisinghe, 1964) Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Caligodes lamarcki Quidor, 1913) Quidor, A. (1913). Affinités des Caligidae et des Lernaeidae Caligodes lamarcki. [Affinities of Caligidae and Lernaeidae Caligodes lamarcki.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 38(6):191-196, figs. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Caligodes caligusus (Quidor, 1913)) Quidor, A. (1913). Sur Lamarckina caligusa n. g. n. s., et l'évolution des Lernaeidae. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 156:1096-1097. [details]
original description (of Lamarckina caligusa Quidor, 1913) Quidor, A. (1913). Sur Lamarckina caligusa n. g. n. s., et l'évolution des Lernaeidae. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 156:1096-1097. [details]
original description (of Parechetus constrictus Kirtisinghe, 1964) Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Caligodes lamarcki Quidor, 1913) Quidor, A. (1913). Affinités des Caligidae et des Lernaeidae Caligodes lamarcki. [Affinities of Caligidae and Lernaeidae Caligodes lamarcki.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 38(6):191-196, figs. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Caligodes caligusus (Quidor, 1913)) Quidor, A. (1913). Sur Lamarckina caligusa n. g. n. s., et l'évolution des Lernaeidae. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 156:1096-1097. [details]
original description (of Lamarckina caligusa Quidor, 1913) Quidor, A. (1913). Sur Lamarckina caligusa n. g. n. s., et l'évolution des Lernaeidae. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris 156:1096-1097. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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.
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[request]redescription 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): 398 [details] Available for editors
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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 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 Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [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
[request]additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors
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