Species Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, S. 1936. Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 2. Caligoida, I. Kyoto Imperial University. Published by author. 22 pp. [4].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic.

 

General References

Byrnes, T. 1987. Caligids (Copepoda: Caligidae) found on bream (Acanthopagrus spp.) of Australia. Journal of Natural History 21: 363-404 [387] (distribution and ecology)

Kabata, Z. 1965. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. IV. Genus Caligus (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 8: 109-126 [112] (distribution, and parasite information)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Apr-2018	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	28-Mar-2018	MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED