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]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Caligus wilsoni Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=357666 on 2025-09-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Caligus wilsoni Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=357666 on 2025-09-18
original descriptionWilson, 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]
taxonomy sourceDelamare Deboutteville, C. & L.P. Nunes-Ruivo. (1958). Copépodes parasites des poissons Méditerranéens. (4e série). [Copepod parasites of Mediterranean fish. (4th series).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 9:215-235, figs. 1-11. (xi-1958).[details] Available for editors
redescriptionCressey, R.F. (1991). Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 497:i-iii, 1-53 (including appendix), figs. 1-220.[details] Available for editors
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