Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Caligidae > Genus Caligus

Caligus affinis Heller, 1866

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caligus*	Müller O.F., 1785	accepted genus name
*Caligopsis*	Markevich, 1940	junior homonym
*Scienophilus*	Beneden, 1852	orthographic variant
*Markevichus*	Özdikmen, 2008	synonym
*Pseudocaligus*	Scott A., 1901	synonym
*Sciaenophilus*	Beneden, 1852	synonym

Literature

original description	Heller, C. (1866). Carcinologische Beitrage zur Fauna des Adriatischen Meeres. [Carcinological contributions to the fauna of the Adriatic Sea.]. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 15:723-760.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Brian, A. (1939). Copépodes parasites recueillis par M.E. Dartevelle à l'embouchure du fleuve Congo. [Parasitic copepods collected by M.E. Dartevelle at the mouth of the Congo River.]. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 32(2):176-198, figs. 1-15. (29-vi-1939).
additional source	Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). [Caligus parasites of Mediterranean fish (Copepods).]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova. 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935).
additional source	Kensley, B. & J.R. Grindley. (1973). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum 62(3):69-130, figs. 1-35. (x-1973)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus affinis Heller, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135740