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Caligus rufimaculatus Wilson C.B., 1905

157763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157763)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Siphonostomatoida
  10. Caligidae
  11. Caligus
  12. Caligus rufimaculatus
accepted
Species
Caligus Müller O.F., 1785
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Caligus rufimaculatus Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157763 on 2026-08-14
NARMS (2026). Caligus rufimaculatus Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=157763 on 2026-08-14
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2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad

original description 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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.28-1404.479 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Suárez-Morales, E., I.H. Kim & J.B. Escamilla. (2003). Illustrated record and complementary description of Caligus rufimaculatus Wilson (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Mexico. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(1):151-154. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Takemoto, R.M. & J.L. Luque. (2002). Parasitic copepods on Oligoplites spp. (Osteichthyes, Carangidae) from the Brazilian coastal zone, with the redescription of Tuxophorus caligodes Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Tuxophoridae). <em>Acta Scientiarum, Biological Sciences, Maringá.</em> 24(2): 481-487. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Benz, G.W., E.C. Greiner, S.R. Bowen, L. Goetz & N. Evou (2011). Odd association and range extension of Caligus rufimaculatus Wilson, 1905; Caligidae, Siphonostomatoida, Copepoda. <i>Gulf & Caribbean Research</i>. 23:49-53., available online at https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.2301.05 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Morales-Serna, F.N., V. Căna-Bozada, G. Mera-Loor, P. Loor-Andrade, E.J. Fajer-Ávila & J.S. Ho. (2015). New records of sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from marine fishes in Jaramijo, an area with potential for sea-cage aquaculture in Ecuador. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3920(2):366-380., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kim, I.H., E. Suarez-Morales & B. Marquez-Rojas. (2019). Caligid copepods (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) as zooplankters off the venezuelan coast, western Caribbean Sea. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 35(2):607-618., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-019-00130-w [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cańa Bozada, V.H. (2014). Registro de Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitando peces marinos de la Costa de Jaramijó, [Report of Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitizing marine fishes of Costa de Jaramijó,]. <em>Grado Thesis, Universidad Laica "Eloy Alfaro" de Manabi, Ecuador.</em> 63 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Takemoto, R.M. J.F.R. Amato & J.L. Luque. (1996). Comparative analysis of the metazoan parasite communities of leatherjackets, Oligoplites palometa, O. saurus, and O. saliens (Osteichthyes: Carangidae) from Sepetiba Bay, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 56(4):639-650. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

redescription Cressey, R.F. (1991). Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 497:i-iii, 1-53 (including appendix), figs. 1-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.497 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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