WoRMS name details
Metacaligus rufus (Wilson C.B., 1908)
366085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366085)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Metacaligus Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caligus rufus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1580):593-627, pls. 49-56. (28-ii-1908). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metacaligus rufus (Wilson C.B., 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366085 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caligus rufus Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1580):593-627, pls. 49-56. (28-ii-1908). [details]
new combination reference Özak, A.A., T.T. Kurt, S.A. Kamanli, G. Akbulut, A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2024). Two new species of planktonic Caligus O.F. Müller 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from Türkiye with an updated review and checklist of planktonic caligids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5437(3): 301-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.1 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Özak, A.A., T.T. Kurt, S.A. Kamanli, G. Akbulut, A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2024). Two new species of planktonic Caligus O.F. Müller 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from Türkiye with an updated review and checklist of planktonic caligids. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5437(3): 301-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.3.1 [details] Available for editors
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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]
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additional source
Suárez-Morales, E., I.H. Kim & J.B. Escamilla. (2012). On some caligids (Copepoda: Caligidaae) from plankton of a coastal lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico with a description of a new species of Metacaligus. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 51(6):804-818. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
