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Caligus platytarsis Bassett-Smith, 1898

349710  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349710)

accepted
Species
Caligus bombayensis Rangnekar, 1955 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Further new parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:77-98, pls. 3-6. (viii-1898) [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus platytarsis Bassett-Smith, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349710 on 2025-05-06
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Nomenclature

original description Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Further new parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:77-98, pls. 3-6. (viii-1898) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Caligus bombayensis Rangnekar, 1955) Rangnekar, M.P. (1955). Caligus bombayensis sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on Mugil cephalus Linn. Journal of the University of Bombay (B)24(3):55-59, figs. 1-13. (xi-1955) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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): 334 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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