Traits name details

Caligodes megacephalus Wilson C.B., 1905

349545  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349545)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Siphonostomatoida (Order)
  10. Caligidae (Family)
  11. Caligodes (Genus)
  12. Caligodes megacephalus (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
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). [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Caligodes megacephalus Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349545 on 2025-04-02
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Caligodes megacephalus Wilson C.B., 1905. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349545 on 2025-04-02
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2025-01-23 21:38:50Z
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Bernot, James

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). [details] OpenAccess publication

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Bernot, J.P, G.A. Boxshall, T.C. Kihara & P.M. Arbizu. (2025). An Updated Key to the Genera of Caligidae (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida.). <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 111(1):10-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-97 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 6103) 
To ITIS

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