Species Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949

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Species Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949

Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, M.V., Rangnekar, P.G. & Murti, N.N. 1949. Four new species of parasitic copepods from the marine fishes of Bombay. Journal of the University of Bombay 18: 36-50.
Caligus lepeophtheiropsis Pillai, 1967.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fitzroy River (Kimberley region, WA), Leichhardt River (Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD)

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Distribution References

Morgan, D.L., Tang, D. & Peverell, S.C. 2010. Critically endangered Pristis microdon (Elasmobranchii), as a host for the Indian parasitic copepod, Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar et Murti, 1949 (Siphonostomatoida): New records from northern Australia. Acta Parasitologica 55(4): 419-423 [419]

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Glaucostegus typus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 Common shovelnose ray; Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 [PRISTIDAE] Freshwater Sawfish, Largetooth Sawfish), marine.

Associated Fauna References

Morgan, D.L., Tang, D. & Peverell, S.C. 2010. Critically endangered Pristis microdon (Elasmobranchii), as a host for the Indian parasitic copepod, Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar et Murti, 1949 (Siphonostomatoida): New records from northern Australia. Acta Parasitologica 55(4): 419-423 [419] (Pristis microdon)

General References

Boxshall, G. 2018. The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa 4398(1): 1-172 [66, Fig. 29]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type
07-Mar-2024	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023	COPEPODA H. Milne Edwards, 1840	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
23-Apr-2018	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	13-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
		30-Apr-2012	ADDED

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