Copepoda taxon details
Caligus tenax Heller, 1865
356753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356753)
accepted
Species
Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym according to Hayes,...)
synonym according to Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Caligus tenax Heller, 1865. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356753 on 2026-05-03
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Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details]
original description (of Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951) Pearse, A.S. (1951). Parasitic Crustacea from Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 101(3280):341-372, figs. 67-77. (2-ii-1951), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.101-3280.341 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]
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): 356 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808678056 [details]
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1937). Parasitic copepods of fish from Ceylon. II. <em>Parasitology, Cambridge.</em> 29:435-452, figs. 1-107. (x-1937)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000024975 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Abouznada, N. & H.H. Ramadan. (1993). Redescription of Caligus tenax (Copepoda, Caligidae) from Carangoides bajad in Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of the Arab Republic of Egypt 24:215-231. [details]
original description (of Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951) Pearse, A.S. (1951). Parasitic Crustacea from Bimini, Bahamas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 101(3280):341-372, figs. 67-77. (2-ii-1951), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.101-3280.341 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]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): 356 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939808678056 [details]
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1937). Parasitic copepods of fish from Ceylon. II. <em>Parasitology, Cambridge.</em> 29:435-452, figs. 1-107. (x-1937)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000024975 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Abouznada, N. & H.H. Ramadan. (1993). Redescription of Caligus tenax (Copepoda, Caligidae) from Carangoides bajad in Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of the Arab Republic of Egypt 24:215-231. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records) (from synonym Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 88566) (from synonym Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records) (from synonym Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 88566) (from synonym Caligus spinosurculus Pearse, 1951)
To ITIS