WoRMS taxon details

Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861

135748  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135748)

  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 coryphaenae (Species)
accepted
Species
Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligus mordax Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caligus scutatus Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Caligus tesserifer Shiino, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus thymni Dana, 1853-1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Caligus thynni Dana, 1852-1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans  
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135748 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature

original description Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905) Wilson, C.B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 1.- The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28(1404):479-672, pls. 5-29. (23-vi-1905). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligus mordax Leigh-Sharpe, 1934) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1934). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part II. Commensal and parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden 29b (= Livr. 123): i-vii, 1-43, figs. 1-39. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Caligus tesserifer Shiino, 1952) Shiino, S.M. (1952). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 1. On the species of Caligus and Lepeophtheirus. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 1(2):79-113, figs. 1-14. (30-xi-1952) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Caligus scutatus Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligus thymni Dana, 1853-1855) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943) 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]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Pillai, N.K. (1963). Observations on the synonymy of Caligus coryphaenae Stp. & Lütk. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (13)5:513-522, figs. 1-4. (18-iv-1963) (not 1962). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

Ecology

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  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shiino, S.M. (1965). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup et Lütken. In: Uchida, T. (ed.). New Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Fauna of Japan. Hokuryukan Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo 2:497. (In Japanese.) [details] 

additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. <em>Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova.</em> 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Devaraj, M. (1983). Morphological variation in Caligus euthynnus Kurian, 1961 with a discussion on its relationship with C. coryphaenae Stp. & Lutk., 1861. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 20(1-2):158-162, fig. 1. (iii-1983) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Collette, B.B. & R.F. Cressey. 1986. Occurrence of Caligus coryphaenae on Thunnus thynnus by Hogans (1985): corrections (Copepoda, Caligidae). Crustaceana, Leiden 51(2), notes and news:220. (ix.1986) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1949). Notes on parasitic copepods. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 111:235-245, figs. 1-10. (28-x-1949) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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  PDF available [request]

additional source Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jones, J.B. (1988). New Zealand parasitic Copepoda; genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>New Zealand Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(3):397-413., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1988.10422966 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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): 274 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Ostpazifische parasitierende Copepoden. [Eastern Pacific parasitic copepods.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):267-333, figs. 1-25. (xi-1959). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Khoa, T.N.D. & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2021). Caligus coryphaenae infection from the Osumi strait, Southern Japan: A new record on wild yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). <em>Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports.</em> 24: 1-8. 100576 Apr 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100576 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat Ectoparsite found on Thunnus thynnus. Upper epipelagic of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese シイラジラミ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) (from synonym Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caligus elongatus) (from synonym Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (138 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Caligus thymni Dana, 1853-1855)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 42036) (from synonym Caligus aliuncus Wilson C.B., 1905)
To ITIS