Marine Species Traits - Sciaenophilus bennetti (Causey, 1953)

Traits name details

Sciaenophilus bennetti (Causey, 1953)

AphiaID

360532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360532)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865

Rank

Species

Parent

Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785

Original name

Caligus bennetti Causey, 1953

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University. 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [details] Available for editors

(of Caligus bennetti Causey, 1953) Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University. 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sciaenophilus bennetti (Causey, 1953). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360532 on 2025-06-05

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Sciaenophilus bennetti (Causey, 1953). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360532 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-15 14:41:49Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2014-07-03 12:41:44Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2017-01-10 16:33:36Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

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Sources (3)
Attributes (1)

original description Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University. 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [details] Available for editors

original description (of Caligus bennetti Causey, 1953) Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University. 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953). [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. Systematic Parasitology. 94(1):97-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9682-4 [details] Available for editors

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