Caligus curtus

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

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

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. PMC 2503959. PMID 18638387.


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