PeRMS taxon details
Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852
449125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:449125)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details] 
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans
Taxonomy According to the catalogue of Margolis et al. (1975), C. productus was described by Dana (1852) on page 56. It was then...
Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]
Taxonomy According to the catalogue of Margolis et al. (1975), C. productus was described by Dana (1852) on page 56. It was then...
Taxonomy According to the catalogue of Margolis et al. (1975), C. productus was described by Dana (1852) on page 56. It was then described again in Dana (1853) pages 1354-1355. The figures appeared later, in the Atlas (Plate 94, figs 4a and 4b) published in 1855. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449125 on 2025-12-13
Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Caligus productus Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449125 on 2025-12-13
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Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [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
basis of record 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
additional source Sitaratnam, C. & C. Manjulatha. (2021). Caligus productus Dana, 1852, copepod parasite on marine fishes of Waltair coast, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. <em>Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR).</em> 8(6):e670-e675. [details] Available for editors
additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2025). Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5686(2): 151-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Baudin Laurencin, F. (1971). Crustacés et Helminthes parasites de l'Albacore (Thunnus albacares) du golfe de Guinée-Note préliminaire. [Crustaceans and helminths parasites of Albacore (Thunnus albacares) from the Gulf of Guinea - Preliminary note.]. <em>Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan (ORSTOM).</em> 2(1-2):11-30, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
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
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
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
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
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
additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [details] Available for editors
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
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
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): 340 [details] Available for editors
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
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
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
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
basis of record 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
additional source Sitaratnam, C. & C. Manjulatha. (2021). Caligus productus Dana, 1852, copepod parasite on marine fishes of Waltair coast, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. <em>Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR).</em> 8(6):e670-e675. [details] Available for editors
additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2025). Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5686(2): 151-197., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Baudin Laurencin, F. (1971). Crustacés et Helminthes parasites de l'Albacore (Thunnus albacares) du golfe de Guinée-Note préliminaire. [Crustaceans and helminths parasites of Albacore (Thunnus albacares) from the Gulf of Guinea - Preliminary note.]. <em>Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan (ORSTOM).</em> 2(1-2):11-30, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
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
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
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
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
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
additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-432, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2001). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on pelagic fishes of Taiwan. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan.</em> 28(2): 19-142. [details] Available for editors
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
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
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): 340 [details] Available for editors
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
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
additional source 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]
additional source 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]
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Distribution tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans [details]Habitat body surface, oral and gill cavities [details]
Taxonomy According to the catalogue of Margolis et al. (1975), C. productus was described by Dana (1852) on page 56. It was then described again in Dana (1853) pages 1354-1355. The figures appeared later, in the Atlas (Plate 94, figs 4a and 4b) published in 1855. [details]
