Caligus curtus

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

Caligus curtus
Female Caligus curtus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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: 23. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-23. PMC 2503959. PMID 18638387.


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