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 pelamydis Krøyer, 1863

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	Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
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	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	Choi, S.D., S.Y. Hong & J.M. Lee. (1995). Two species of Caligus (Siphonostomatoida, Copepoda) parasitic on marine cultured fishes from Kamak Bay in Korea. Bulletin of the National Fisheries Research and Development Agency 49:157-166.
additional source	Kim, I.H. (2008). Invertebrate fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Calgidae, Sea Lice. National Institute of Biological Resources, Inchon, South Korea. 21(1):75 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	Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1956). Copépodes parasitas de peixes dos mares de Angola. [Copepods parasitic on fish from the seas of Angola.]. Anais da Junta de Investigaçoes do Ultramar, Estudos de Biologia, Lisboa. 9(2):7-45, pls. 1-7. (For 1954. Original + partial English translation.).
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1882). Aggiunte al 'Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico'. [Additions to 'Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea'.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 7(1): 245-247.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
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	Brady, G.S. (1910). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. I. Über die Copepoden der Stämme Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida und Caligoida. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. I. On the copepods of the phyla Harpacticoida, Cyclopoida, Notodelphyoida and Caligoida.]. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. 11 (= Zool. 3):497-594, pls. 52-63, figs. 1-59.
additional source	Causey, D.L. (1953). Parasitic Copepoda from Grand Isle, Louisiana. Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory of Louisiana State University. 7:1-18, figs. 1-22. (1-iii-1953).
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	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	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.).
redescription	Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa. 4398(1): 1-172.
redescription	Pillai, N.K. (1975). Redescription of Caligus pelamydis Kroyer and Caligus kanagurta Pillai with remarks on their affinity. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 16(1):297-302, figs. 1-2. (xii-1975)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863. 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:135767