Validity of the binomen Caligus elongatus for a common parasitic copepod formerly misidentified with Caligus rapax
Parker, R.R. (1969). Validity of the binomen Caligus elongatus for a common parasitic copepod formerly misidentified with Caligus rapax. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 26(4): 1013-1035. https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-097
In: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. The Fisheries Research Board of Canada: Toronto. ISSN 0015-296x, more
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Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 [WoRMS]; Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 [WoRMS]
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The parasitic copepod Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832, is redescribed from the syntypes, and virtually all of the "C. rapax" of Baird, 1850, and later authors is identified with it. A review of hosts and localities reveals that this species parasitizes representatives of 14 orders of fishes including 34 families and at least 64 species. Its known distribution shows it to be mainly restricted to the temperate zones, extending northward in the Atlantic with the Gulf Stream. In the southern hemisphere it has been reported from the South Atlantic at Uruguay and the South Pacific at Southern Australia–Tasmania. |
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