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 minimus Otto, 1821

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	Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. [A survey of certain marine animals, not yet published, before the ashes of my beloved father, Bernhard Cristianus Otto, for celebrating the happiest day of the 11th.]. Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislavia. 20 pp.
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	Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp.
additional source	Poquet, M. (1984). Ultrastructura del tracto digestivo de copépodos parásitos de Pesces: Lernanthropus kroyerii van Beneden y Caligus minimus Otto. Ph.D. Thesis, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona. 255 pp.
additional source	Poquet, M. (1979). Aportaciones al estudio morfologico de algunas especies de copepodos parasitos de peces del litoral mediterraneo. [Contributions to the morphological study of some species of copepods parasitic on fish from the Mediterranean coast.]. Miscelánea Zoologica, Instituto Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona. 5:161-171, figs. 1-12. (English summary).
additional source	Khoa, T.N.D., S. Mazelan, S. Muda & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2019). The life cycle of Caligus minimus on seabass (Lates calcarifer) from floating cage culture. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. 35(1):77-85.
additional source	Caillet, C. (1979). Biologie comparée de Caligus minimus Otto, 1848 et de Clavellodes macrotrachelus (Brian, 1906), copépodes parasites de poissons marins. [Comparative biology of Caligus minimus Otto, 1848 and Clavellodes macrotrachelus (Brian, 1906), copepod parasites of marine fish.]. Thèse de Doctorat de 3ème Cycle, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier. 165 pp.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Delamare Deboutteville, C. (1950). Udonella caligorum Johnston (1835) trématode monogénétique du copépode Caligus minimus Otto. [Udonella caligorum Johnston (1835) monogenetic trematode of the copepod Caligus minimus Otto.]. Vie et Milieu. 1(3):362-363.
additional source	Raja, R.A. (2021). Chapter 12. Parasitoses in brackishwater aquaculture. In: Alavandi, S.V., Saraswathy, R., Muralidhar, M., Vijayan, K.K. (Eds.), Perspectives on Brackishwater Aquaculture in India, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Management, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) & Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi), Chennai, India,. 3:215-252.
additional source	Poquet, M. (1980). Contribución al estudio ultraestructural del aparato digestivo de Caligus minimus Otto, Copépodo parásito de la lubina. [Contribution to the ultrastructural study of the digestive system of Caligus minimus Otto, parasitic copepod of the sea bass]. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Sección Biología. 78(3-4):459-471, figs. 1-12. (English summary).
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
redescription	Yanar, A., S.A. Kamanli, S. Sönmez, I. Hamdi, A.A. Özak & G.A. Boxshall. (2025). Caligus minimus Otto, 1821 (Copepoda: Caligidae): A commercially important but poorly described parasite of cultured European Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). Parasitology International. 104: 1-25. 102964.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus minimus Otto, 1821. 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:135764