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Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971

349617  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349617)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hewitt, G.C. (1971). Two species of Caligus (Copepoda, Caligidae) from Australian waters, with a description of some developmental stages. Pacific Science 25(2):145-164, figs. 1-78. (iv-1971) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349617 on 2025-09-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349617 on 2025-09-18
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original description Hewitt, G.C. (1971). Two species of Caligus (Copepoda, Caligidae) from Australian waters, with a description of some developmental stages. Pacific Science 25(2):145-164, figs. 1-78. (iv-1971) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (1993). Life history of Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, parasitic on the Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambica) cultured in brackish water. In: Boxshall, G.A. & D. Defaye (eds.). Pathogens of Wild and Farmed Fish: Sea Lice. Ellis Horwood, London :5-15. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (1998). Identification of sea lice parasitic on fishes cultured in Taiwan. Journal of the Chia-yi Institute of Technology 59:93-107. (Abstract in Chinese.) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lin, C.L., J.S. Ho & S.N. Chen. (1996). Developmental stages of Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, a copepod parasite of tilapia cultured in brackish water. Journal of Natural History, London 30(5):661-684. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Roubal, F.R. (1990). The parasites of the sparid Acanthopagrus australis in Australia. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 10(4):110-111. [details] 

additional source Roubal, F.R. (1994). Histopathology caused by Caligus epidemicus Hewitt (Copepoda: Caligidae) on captive Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther) (Pisces: Sparidae). Journal of Fish Diseases 17(6):631-640. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Roubal, F.R. (1997). Survival and development of Caligus epidemicus Hewitt in sea water of different salinity. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 17(3-4):78-80. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ruangpan, L. & Z. Kabata. (1984). An invertebrate host for Caligus (Copepoda, Caligidae)? Crustaceana, Leiden 47(2):219-220. (24-x-1984) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

additional source Ho, J.S., I.H. Kim, E.R. Cruz-Lacierda & K. Nagasawa. (2004). Sea lice (Copepoda, Caligidae) parasitic on marine cultured and wild fishes of the Philippines. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 31(4):235-250. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Byrnes, T. (1987). Caligids (Copepoda: Caligidae) found on the bream (Acanthopagrus spp.) of Australia. Journal of Natural History, London 21(2):363-404. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hallett, S.L. & F.R. Roubal. (1995). Experiments on the infection dynamics of Caligus epidemicus (Copepoda: Caligidae) on the small marine fish, Ambassis marianus (Gunther). Journal of Fish Diseases 18(1):59-66. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Bondad-Reantaso, M.G. & J.R. Arthur. (1990). The parasites of nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus (L.)) in the Philippines, including an analysis of changes in the parasite fauna of cultured tilapia from fry to marketable size. <em>In: Hirano, R. & I. Hanyu (eds.), The Second Asian Fisheries Forum , Asian Fisheries Society, Manila Phillipines, 991 pp.</em> :729-734. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Raja, R.A. (2021). Chapter 12. Parasitoses in brackishwater aquaculture. <em>In: Alavandi, S.V., Saraswathy, R., Muralidhar, M., Vijayan, K.K. (Eds.), Perspectives on Brackishwater Aquaculture in India, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Management, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) & Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi), Chennai, India,.</em> 3:215-252. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

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
 
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