Caligus curtus

Caligus curtus
Female Caligus curtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Caligidae
Genus: Caligus
Species: C. curtus
Binomial name
Caligus curtus
O. F. Müller, 1785
Synonyms
  • Caligulus elegans
  • Caligus elegans van Beneden, 1851

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

References

  1. Diana Perdiguero-Alonso; 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.

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