Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida

Caligidae Burmeister, 1835

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Euryphoridae*	Wilson C.B., 1905	synonym

Children

Alebion Krøyer, 1863
Caligodes Heller, 1865
Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785
Euryphorus Milne Edwards H., 1840
Lepeophtheirus von Nordmann, 1832
Markevichus Özdikmen, 2008
Pupulina Van Beneden, 1892
Sciaenophilus Van Beneden, 1852

Literature

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	Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp.
additional source	Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (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. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
additional source	Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods.

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Citation

Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2014). Caligidae. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135513