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Caligus Müller, 1785

genus

Accepted

Name authority: AFD

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Caligus Müller, 1785	AFD
Published in:Boxshall, G. & Barton, D.P. 2023, "Caligid sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) from golden snapper Lutjanus johnii (Bloch) in Australian waters, with the recognition of Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 as a junior synonym of Caligus Müller, 1785", Systematic Parasitology, vol. 100, 487-504, doi:10.1007/s11230-023-10099-z p487

Synonym	Source
Caligulus Heegaard, 1962 synonym	AFD
Published in:Heegaard, P.E. 1962, "Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters", Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 25, no. 9, 149-234
Sinocaligus Shen, 1957 synonym	AFD
Published in:Shen, C.J. 1957, "Parasitic copepods from fishes of China. Part II. Caligoida, Caligidae (1)", Acta Zoologica Sinica, vol. 9, 351–378, pls. 1–11
Midias Wilson, 1911 synonym	AFD
Published in:Wilson, C.B. 1911, "North American parasitic copepods. Descriptions of new genera and species", Proceedings of the United States National Museum, vol. 39, no. 1805, 625-634
Risculus Leach, 1819 synonym	AFD
Published in:Leach, W.E. 1819, "Entomostracés Entomostraca (Crust.)", Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, vol. 14, 524-543 p536
Pseudocaligus synonym	Additional Taxonomy - Additional synonyms for names matching part 2 2025

Name	Source
Caligus Müller, 1785 accepted	AFD

Identifier	Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3260ac98-81cd-43c8-8765-43eed2f1cad3 Taxon Concept current	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2963789c-df8f-4d65-bad3-617c54eee24a Scientific Name current	AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3260ac98-81cd-43c8-8765-43eed2f1cad3 Taxon unknown	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3260ac98-81cd-43c8-8765-43eed2f1cad3 Taxon current	AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:3260ac98-81cd-43c8-8765-43eed2f1cad3 Taxon LSID unknown	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7a124b47-d04f-475f-8d35-e4f41984d665 Taxon unknown	Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

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Classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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