Caligus curtus

Caligus curtus
Female Caligus curtus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Caligidae
Genus: Caligus
Species:
C. curtus
Binomial name
Caligus curtus
Synonyms
  • Caligulus elegans
  • Caligus elegans van Beneden, 1851

Caligus curtus is a sea louse species.[1][2] It is a parasite of the Atlantic cod.[3]

References

  1. ^ Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2022). "Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Caligus curtus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ^ Perdiguero-Alonso, Diana; Francisco E. Montero; Juan Antonio Raga & Aneta Kostadinova (2008). "Composition and structure of the parasite faunas of cod, Gadus morhua L. (Teleostei: Gadidae), in the North East Atlantic". Parasites & Vectors. 1 (1): 23. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-23. PMC 2503959. PMID 18638387.


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