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 coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861

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
*Caligus affinis*	Heller, 1866	taxonomically included in
*Caligus alalongae*	Krøyer, 1863	taxonomically included in
*Caligus apodus*	(Brian, 1924)	taxonomically included in
*Caligus belones*	Krøyer, 1863	taxonomically included in
*Caligus biaculeatus*	Brian, 1914	taxonomically included in
*Caligus bonito*	Wilson C.B., 1905	taxonomically included in
*Caligus brevicaudatus*	Scott A., 1901	taxonomically included in
*Caligus brevipedis*	Bassett-Smith, 1896	taxonomically included in
*Caligus centrodonti*	Baird, 1850	taxonomically included in
*Caligus coryphaenae*	Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861	taxonomically included in
*Caligus curtus*	Müller O.F., 1785	taxonomically included in
*Caligus dakari*	Beneden, 1892	taxonomically included in
*Caligus deformis*	Brian, 1924	taxonomically included in
*Caligus diaphanus*	von Nordmann, 1832	taxonomically included in
*Caligus dicentrarchi*	Cabral & Raibaut, 1986	taxonomically included in
*Caligus dieuzeidei*	Brian, 1932	taxonomically included in
*Caligus elongatus*	von Nordmann, 1832	taxonomically included in
*Caligus gurnardi*	Krøyer, 1863	taxonomically included in
*Caligus hyalinus*	Czerniavski, 1868	taxonomically included in
*Caligus labracis*	Scott T., 1902	taxonomically included in
*Caligus lacustris*	Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861	taxonomically included in
*Caligus lichiae*	Brian, 1906	taxonomically included in
*Caligus ligusticus*	Brian, 1906	taxonomically included in
*Caligus madeirensis*	Hamdi, Hermida, Kamanli, Benmansour, Özak & Boxshall, 2020	taxonomically included in
*Caligus minimus*	Otto, 1821	taxonomically included in
*Caligus mugilis*	Brian, 1935	taxonomically included in
*Caligus musaicus*	Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010	taxonomically included in
*Caligus pagelli*	Delamare Deboutteville & Nuñes-Ruivo, 1958	taxonomically included in
*Caligus pageti*	Russell, 1925	taxonomically included in
*Caligus pelamydis*	Krøyer, 1863	taxonomically included in
*Caligus productus*	Dana, 1849-1852	taxonomically included in
*Caligus robustus*	Bassett-Smith, 1898	taxonomically included in
*Caligus scribae*	Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984	taxonomically included in
*Caligus solea*	Demirkale, Özak, Yanar & Boxshall, 2014	taxonomically included in
*Caligus temnodontis*	Brian, 1924	taxonomically included in
*Caligus tenuis*	(Beneden, 1852)	taxonomically included in
*Caligus tunisiensis*	Hamdi, Benmansour, Zouari-Tlig, Kamanli, Özak & Boxshall, 2020	taxonomically included in
*Caligus turkiyensis*	Öktener, Montes, Romero, Türker & Trilles, 2024	taxonomically included in
*Caligus vexator*	Heller, 1865	taxonomically included in
*Caligus zei*	Norman & Scott T., 1906	taxonomically included in
*Markevichus ponticus*	(Markevich, 1940)	taxonomically included in
*Markevichus*	Özdikmen, 2008	synonym
*Pseudocaligus*	Scott A., 1901	synonym
*Sciaenophilus*	Beneden, 1852	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シイラジラミ

Literature

original description	Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn. (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15.
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	Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955).
additional source	Heegaard, P.E. (1972). Caliginae and Euryphorinae of the Dana Expedition (Crustacea Copepoda, Caligidae). Steenstrupia 2:295-317, figs. 1-53. (28-xii-1972)
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)
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Shiino, S.M. (1959). Ostpazifische parasitierende Copepoden. [Eastern Pacific parasitic copepods.]. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie. 3(2):267-333, figs. 1-25. (xi-1959).
additional source	Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan. 388 pp.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Shiino, S.M. (1965). Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup et Lütken. In: Uchida, T. (ed.). New Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the Fauna of Japan. Hokuryukan Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo 2:497. (In Japanese.)
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 6(1):55-90. [for 1880].
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.
additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
additional source	Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie. 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959).
additional source	Heegaard, P.E. (1949). Notes on parasitic copepods. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 111:235-245, figs. 1-10. (28-x-1949)
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967).
additional source	Devaraj, M. (1983). Morphological variation in Caligus euthynnus Kurian, 1961 with a discussion on its relationship with C. coryphaenae Stp. & Lutk., 1861. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 20(1-2):158-162, fig. 1. (iii-1983)
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	Khoa, T.N.D. & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2021). Caligus coryphaenae infection from the Osumi strait, Southern Japan: A new record on wild yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata). Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 24: 1-8. 100576 Apr 2021.
redescription	Pillai, N.K. (1963). Observations on the synonymy of Caligus coryphaenae Stp. & Lütk. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (13)5:513-522, figs. 1-4. (18-iv-1963) (not 1962).
redescription	Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan. 388 pp.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. 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:135748