Traits name details
original description
Beneden, P.J. Van. (1852). Note sur quelques parasites d'un poisson rare sur nos côtes (le Maigre d'Europe, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier). [Note on some parasites of a rare fish on our coasts (the European meagre, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier).]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):98-109, pl. 1. [details] 
additional source
Dojiri, M. (1983). Revision of the genera of the Caligidae (Siphonostomatoida), copepods predominantly parasitic on marine fishes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.</em> 721pp. [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): 390 [details] Available for editors 
source of synonymy
Özak, A.A., A. Yanar & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). The discovery of Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Caligidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, and the recognition of Sciaenophilus van Beneden, 1852 as a junior synonym of Caligus Muller, 1785. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 94(1):97-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9682-4 [details] Available for editors 
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