Biology:Caligus infestans
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Short description: Species of sea louse
| Caligus infestans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Caligidae |
| Genus: | Caligus |
| Species: | C. infestans
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| Binomial name | |
| Caligus infestans Heller, 1865
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Caligus infestans is a species of sea louse in the family, Caligidae, first described by Camill Heller in 1865.[1][2]
In Australia it is found as an ecto-parasite (a parasite living on the outside of its host) of fishes at depths of 200 metres in the following IMCRA zones - Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), and the Northeast Shelf Transition - that is, in seas off the north east coast of Australia.[1]
A search of the Smithsonian Invertebrates Collection[3] reveals they have also been found off:
- the Greater Sunda Islands (host - Scomberomorus commerson) USNM 180506
- Phuket (host - Scomberomorus commerson) USNM 180517
- Indian Ocean (host - Scomberomorus commerson) USNM 180518
and Madagascar and Mozambique (all with the same host).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Species Caligus infestans Heller, 1865". Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Caligus_infestans.
- ↑ ''Caligus infestans'', https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188451, Wikidata Q126943020
- ↑ "Search for Caligus infestans". https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/?q=qn+Caligus+infestans#new-search.
External links
- Occurrence data from GBIF
Wikidata ☰ Q13448713 entry
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