Species Caligus alveolaris Heegaard, 1962
- Caligus alveolaris Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [156].
Type data:
Holotype ?♀ ?♂ (a few specimens of both sexes, including the holotype), Howick Islands, North Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, ectoparasitic.
Diagnosis
This species looks very like the young of C. coryphaenae, but it is smaller and with accessory spines on the second antenna and second maxilliped. It differs further in the shape of the spines on the first, second and fourth legs.
Diagnosis References
Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [156]
History of changes
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26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |