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 temnodontis 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

Literature

original description	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.
redescription	Özak, A.A., H. El-Rashidy, I. Demirkale & G.A. Boxshall. (2010). The discovery of Caligus temnodontis Brian, 1924 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from the bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Systematic Parasitology. 76(3):223-230.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligus temnodontis 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:558876