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 vexator Heller, 1865

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	Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band. 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25.
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. (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	Niang, A. (2024). Contribution a l'etude des copepodes parasites de poissons Sparidae de la Baie de Soumbedioune (Dakar, Senegal). [Contribution to the study of copepod parasites of Sparidae fish from Soumbedioune Bay (Dakar, Senegal).]. M.S. Thesis, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal. 49 pp.
additional source	Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie. 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69.
additional source	Alaş, A. & A. Öktener. (2017). Caligus vexator Heller, 1865 including Female and Male Descriptions from the Aegean Sea in Turkey. Scientia Parasitologica. 18(1-2):6-23.
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].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus vexator Heller, 1865. 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:135770