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 apodus (Brian, 1924)

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

Species group names

*Pseudocaligus apodus*	Brian, 1924	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
additional source	Öktener, A., M. Montes, R.C. Romero, D. Türker & J.P. Trilles. (2024). Caligus turkiyensis n. sp. (Copepoda: Caligidae) on the flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey. Vie Et Milieu / Life And Environment. 74(1-2): 44-66. Sep 2024.
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	Özak, A.A., I. Demirkale, G.A. Boxshall & M. Etyemez. (2013). Parasitic copepods of the common sole, Solea solea (L.), from the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Systematic Parasitology. 86(2): 173-185.
biology source	Khidr, A.E.A., Abu Samak, O.A., Said, A.E. & Abou Hadied, M.M. (2008). Redescription of the parasitic copepod Pseudocaligus apodus and its effects on the gills of the flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus and testing two antiparasitic agents. 18th International Conference Egyptian German Society of Zoology‏. 56, (D): 247-264.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus apodus (Brian, 1924). 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:237921