WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Rangnekar, M.P. (1958). Mappates plataxus gen. et sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Platax teira (Forsk.). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 53:303-308, figs. 1-2. (20-ii-1958) [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomyredescription
Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
redescription
Hameed, M.S. & N.K. Pillai. (1973). Redescription of Mappates plataxus Rangnekar (Copepoda: Caligidae). Hydrobiologia 42(4):403-411, figs. 1-18. (28-ix-1973) [details] Available for editors [request]
Otheradditional 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 [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 [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 [request]
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 [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 [request]
additional source
Pillai, N.K. (1967). Description of a new species of Anuretes (Copepoda: Caligidae) and comments on the validity of a few caligid genera. Zoologischer Anzeiger 178(5-6):358-367, figs. 1-22, tab. (v/vi-1967) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Pillai, N.K. (1977). Copepods parasitic on Platax riera in Indian waters. Aquatic Biology 2:53-60. [details] Available for editors [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): 467 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan [details]
Habitat gill filaments [details]
Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus [details]
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