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 biaculeatus Brian, 1914

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	Brian, A. (1914). Copépodes parasites provenant des récentes campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco ou déposés dans les collections du Musée océanographie. [Parasitic copepods from recent scientific campaigns of HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco or deposited in the collections of the Oceanography Museum.]. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique Monaco. 286:1-14. 8 figs. (5-iii-1914).
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. (1929). Copépodes parasites de poissons et d'Annélide provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. [Parasitic copepods of fish and annelids from the scientific campaigns of HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco.]. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 76:1-36, figs. 1-5, pls. 1-5. (2-iv-1929).
redescription	Cressey, 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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914. 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:135744