Caligus praecinctorius

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 praecinctorius

Name

• Caligus praecinctorius Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012: 22, figs. 1-3

Holotype: MNHN-IU-2009-2252, ♀, partly dissected in alcohol; on gills of Gymnocranius grandoculis Valenciennes, 1830 [JNC1620B] collected at depth of 13-20 m on 19 September 2005 near île Amédée, New Caledonia (22º 28.500’ S, 166º 28.000‘ E) by J.-L. Justine.

Type locality: Near île Amédée, New Caledonia (22º 28’ 30” S, 166º 28’ 00” E), depth 13–20m.

References

• Hayes, Polly, Jean-Lou Justine & Geoffrey A. Boxshall, 2012: The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved. Zootaxa, 3534: 21–39. Abstract.