Species Caligus biseriodentatus Shen, 1957

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• Caligus biseriodentatus Shen, C.J. 1957. Parasitic copepods from fishes of China. Part II. Caligoida, Caligidae (1). Acta Zoologica Sinica 9: 351–378, pls. 1–11.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Kanchung, Hainan Island, China.

  Type host:

   Scomberomorus commerson Lacepede, 1800 [SCOMBRIDAE] Spanish Mackerel (as Cybium commersoni Lacepède)
• Caligus obovatus Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [166].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♀ (Palm Island, Cape Bowling Green, Cape Melville, Cape Direstion, Princess Charlotte Bay, Eden Reef, and Princess Charlotte Bay, N Queensland; all hosts were Scomber), North Queensland and Torres Strait.
  Paratype(s) AM 10 specimens (unknown sex) (Palm Island, Cape Bowling Green, Cape Melville, Cape Direstion, Princess Charlotte Bay, Eden Reef, and Princess Charlotte Bay, N Queensland), North Queensland and Torres Strait.
• Caligus proboscidatus Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype 5♂ no females found (Cape Bowling Green, Princes Charlotte Bay, Eden Reef and Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland), North Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Auxis thazard Lacepède, 1800 Frigate tuna; Scomberomorus queenslandicus Munro, 1943 Queensland school mackerel).

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 [46, Fig. 20]

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