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 curtus Müller O.F., 1785

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	Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae. 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21.
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	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	Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I. 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6.
additional source	Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV.
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	Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev. 259 pp. figs. 1-153.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	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).
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).
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 74:1-20, pls. 1-5.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Heegaard, P.E. (1945). Some parasitic copepods from fishes in the Uppsala University collections. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)35(18):1-27, figs. 1-54. (17-i-1945)
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
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.
redescription	Parker, R.R., Z. Kabata, L. Margolis & M.D. Dean. (1968). A review and description of Caligus curtus Müller, 1785 (Caligidae: Copepoda), type species of its genus. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 25(9):1923-1969, figs. 1-108.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785. 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:135749