Species Caligus sensorius Heegaard, 1962

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caligus sensorius Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [163].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM G. 5218 ♀ (found in Maroubra Bay), Port Jackson, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) AM P. 8928 unknown number of males and females (found in bathing pool at Long Bay), Port Jackson, New South Wales; AM P. 5726 unknown number of males and females (found in Esperance Bay, WA), Western Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, ectoparasitic.

 

Diagnosis

The species can be readily recognised, especially by its characteristic furca, the fourth pair of swimming legs with their three claws and two sensory bulbs, and the spiny process at the tip of the distal joint.

 

Diagnosis References

Heegaard, P.E. 1962. Parasitic Copepoda from Australian Waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9): 149-234 [163]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED