Caligus russellii Kurien 1950
Creators: name: Hayes, Polly
name: Justine, Jean-Lou
name: Boxshall, Geoffrey A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Siphonostomatoida
Caligidae
Caligus
Caligus russellii

description: Caligus russellii Kurien, 1950
Kurien (1950) described C. russellii as new a species of Caligus taken from the scorpionfish, Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 at Trivandrum in India. However, Kurian (1949) had previously described the same specimens as new, under the name Caligus pterois. The description was published as an abstract in the proceedings of the 35th Indian Science Congress held in Patna in 1948, but it satisfies the “criteria to be met” to be regarded as validly published under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Article 8.1) and it cannot be classified as “issued primarily to participants at” the congress (see Article 9.9) since it was published after the congress took place. Given that the first description contained the name and sufficient description to characterise the taxon, the name Caligus pterois Kurian, 1949 has priority and Caligus russellii Kurien, 1950 is here treated as a junior objective synonym.
Locality Host —Family: Species Record as Caligus robustus
Trincomalee, Sri Carangidae: Caranx affinis (Cuvier, 1833) Bassett-Smith (1898)
Lanka Carangidae: Alepes djedaba (Forsskål, 1775) as Caranx djedaba Scombridae: Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) as Thynnus macropterus
Aden Carangidae: Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758) as Caranx rottleri
West Indies Haemulidae: Haemulon aureolineatum Cuvier, 1833, as Bathystoma Wilson (1913) rimator
Carangidae: Caranx crysos (Mitchill, 1815)
Mauritania Carangidae: Caranx sp. (? C. hippos) Brian (1924) Soleidae: Solea solea (Linnaeus, 1758) as Solea vulgaris
Gulf of Mexico Carangidae: Caranx hippos (Linnaeus, 1766) Bere (1936) Carangidae: Caranx crysos as Paratractus crysos
Texas, USA Carangidae: Caranx hippos Causey (1953) Carangidae: Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Trivandrum, India Carangidae: Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) as Caranx sansun Pillai (1963) Carangidae: Caranx melampygus Cuvier, 1833
Colombo, Sri Lanka Carangidae: Caranx melampygus Kirtisinghe (1964)
Belize Carangidae: Carangoides bartholomaei (Cuvier, 1833) Cressey (1991)
Carangidae: Caranx crysos as Carangoides chrysos
Carangidae: Caranx hippos
Carangidae: Caranx ruber (Bloch, 1793)
Lutjanidae: Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792)
Florida, USA Carangidae: Caranx hippos
Philippines & Celebes Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Carangidae: Alectis spp.
Borneo Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus
Tutuila Island Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus
Revilligidado Island Carangidae: Caranx melampygus
Taiwan Carangidae: Caranx sexfasciatus Ho & Lin (2007)
as Caligus oligoplitisi
Brazil Carangidae: Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) Carvalho (1956)
as Caligus validus
Texas, USA Carangidae: Caranx crysos Pearse (1952) as Caligus mercatoris
Western Sahara Haemulidae: Plectorhinchus mediterraneus (Guichenot, 1850) as Capart (1941) Plectorhynchus mediterraneus
Guinea Trichiuridae: Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758
description: Published as part of Hayes, Polly, Justine, Jean-Lou & Boxshall, Geoffrey A., 2012, The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved, pp. 21-39 in Zootaxa 3534 on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210824