WoRMS taxon details
Caligus minimus Otto, 1821
135764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135764)
accepted
Species
Caligus minutus Krøyer, 1837 · unaccepted (lapsus for C. minimus according...)
lapsus for C. minimus according to catalogue of Margolis et al., 1975
- Subspecies Caligus minimus mugilis Brian, 1935 accepted as Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935
- Variety Caligus minimus var. mugilis Brian, 1935 accepted as Caligus mugilis Brian, 1935 (raised to species level)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislaviae, 20 pp. , available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451 [details] 
Distribution British Isle; North Sea; Atlantic coast of Europe as far south as Spain; western Mediterranean and the Adriatic
Distribution British Isle; North Sea; Atlantic coast of Europe as far south as Spain; western Mediterranean and the Adriatic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Caligus minimus Otto, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135764 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Otto, A.G. (1821). Conspectus animalium quorundam maritimorum nondum editorum pars prior quam patri dilectissimo ad cineres usque venerando Bernhardo Crristiano Otto pro celebrando die laetissimo XI. Maji MDCCCXXI quo ante decem lustra honores doctorales acceperat. Typis Universitatis, Vratislaviae, 20 pp. , available online at http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&CON_LNG=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=006471451 [details]
original description (of Caligus minutus Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Caillet, C. (1979). Biologie comparée de Caligus minimus Otto, 1848 et de Clavellodes macrotrachelus (Brian, 1906), copépodes parasites de poissons marins. Thèse de Doctorat de 3ème Cycle, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier 165pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Poquet, M. (1979). Aportaciones al estudio morfologico de algunas especies de copepodos parasitos de peces del litoral mediterraneo. <em>Miscelánea Zoologica, Instituto Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona.</em> 5:161-171, figs. 1-12. (English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Poquet, M. (1984). Ultrastructura del tracto digestivo de copépodos parásitos de Pesces: Lernanthropus kroyerii van Beneden y Caligus minimus Otto. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona.</em> 255 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Khoa, T.N.D., S. Mazelan, S. Muda & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2019). The life cycle of Caligus minimus on seabass (Lates calcarifer) from floating cage culture. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 35(1):77-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0088-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Raja, R.A. (2021). Chapter 12. Parasitoses in brackishwater aquaculture. <em>In: Alavandi, S.V., Saraswathy, R., Muralidhar, M., Vijayan, K.K. (Eds.), Perspectives on Brackishwater Aquaculture in India, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Management, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) & Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi), Chennai, India,.</em> 3:215-252. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Yanar, A., S.A. Kamanli, S. Sönmez, I. Hamdi, A.A. Özak & G.A. Boxshall. (2025). Caligus minimus Otto, 1821 (Copepoda: Caligidae): A commercially important but poorly described parasite of cultured European Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Parasitology International.</em> 104: 1-25. 102964., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.102964 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Caligus minutus Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(6): 605-628, pl. 6. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Brian, A. (1935). I Caligus parassiti dei pesci del Mediterraneo (Copepodi). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria', Genova 57:152-211, figs. 1-20. (10-vi-1935). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Caillet, C. (1979). Biologie comparée de Caligus minimus Otto, 1848 et de Clavellodes macrotrachelus (Brian, 1906), copépodes parasites de poissons marins. Thèse de Doctorat de 3ème Cycle, Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Montpellier 165pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Poquet, M. (1979). Aportaciones al estudio morfologico de algunas especies de copepodos parasitos de peces del litoral mediterraneo. <em>Miscelánea Zoologica, Instituto Municipal de Ciencias Naturales, Barcelona.</em> 5:161-171, figs. 1-12. (English summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Poquet, M. (1984). Ultrastructura del tracto digestivo de copépodos parásitos de Pesces: Lernanthropus kroyerii van Beneden y Caligus minimus Otto. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Barcelona.</em> 255 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Khoa, T.N.D., S. Mazelan, S. Muda & F. Shaharom-Harrison. (2019). The life cycle of Caligus minimus on seabass (Lates calcarifer) from floating cage culture. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 35(1):77-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0088-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Raja, R.A. (2021). Chapter 12. Parasitoses in brackishwater aquaculture. <em>In: Alavandi, S.V., Saraswathy, R., Muralidhar, M., Vijayan, K.K. (Eds.), Perspectives on Brackishwater Aquaculture in India, Aquatic Animal Health and Environment Management, ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) & Society of Coastal Aquaculture and Fisheries (SCAFi), Chennai, India,.</em> 3:215-252. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Yanar, A., S.A. Kamanli, S. Sönmez, I. Hamdi, A.A. Özak & G.A. Boxshall. (2025). Caligus minimus Otto, 1821 (Copepoda: Caligidae): A commercially important but poorly described parasite of cultured European Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). <em>Parasitology International.</em> 104: 1-25. 102964., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2024.102964 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
