Caligus chelifer

Caligus chelifer: Mature female with egg threads

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siphonostomatoida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Siphonostomatoida

Familia: Caligidae
Genus: Caligus
Species: Caligus chelifer

Name

Caligus chelifer Wilson, 1905

References

• Wilson, C. B. (1905). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part I. The Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28 (1404): 479–672. Full text
• Kabata, Z. (1972). Caligus chelifer Wilson, 1905 (Copepoda: Caligidae), with a description of the male. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 85: 389–398. Full text