page_title: Caligus
hierarchical_section_title: Caligus
caption_attribution_description: English: Ovigerous female of parasitic copepod Caligus chelifer (Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae).
context_page_description: Caligus is a genus of sea lice in the family Caligidae. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species:
  Caligus absens Ho, Lin & Chen, 2000
  Caligus acanthopagri Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994
  Caligus aduncus Shen & Li, 1959
  Caligus aesopus C. B. Wilson, 1921
  Caligus affinis Heller, 1866
  Caligus afurcatus C. B. Wilson, 1913
  Caligus alaihi A. G. Lewis, 1968
  Caligus amblygenitalis Pillai, 1961
  Caligus antennatus Boxshall & Gurney, 1980
  Caligus apodus
  Caligus arii Bassett-Smith, 1898
  Caligus ariicolus C. B. Wilson, 1928
  Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951
  Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, v
  Caligus atromaculatus C. B. Wilson, 1913
  Caligus balistae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  Caligus belones Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus berychis C. B. Wilson, 1935
  Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914
  Caligus bicycletus Heegaard, 1945
  Caligus bifurcus Shen, 1958
  Caligus biseriodentatus Shen, 1957
  Caligus bocki Heegaard, 1943
  Caligus bonito C. B. Wilson, 1905
  Caligus brevicaudatus A. Scott, 1901
  Caligus brevicaudus Pillai, 1963
  Caligus brevipedis Bassett-Smith, 1896
  Caligus brevis Shiino, 1954
  Caligus buechlerae Hewitt, 1964
context_section_description: Caligus is a genus of sea lice in the family Caligidae. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species:
  Caligus absens Ho, Lin & Chen, 2000
  Caligus acanthopagri Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994
  Caligus aduncus Shen & Li, 1959
  Caligus aesopus C. B. Wilson, 1921
  Caligus affinis Heller, 1866
  Caligus afurcatus C. B. Wilson, 1913
  Caligus alaihi A. G. Lewis, 1968
  Caligus amblygenitalis Pillai, 1961
  Caligus antennatus Boxshall & Gurney, 1980
  Caligus apodus (Brian, 1924)
  Caligus arii Bassett-Smith, 1898
  Caligus ariicolus C. B. Wilson, 1928
  Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951
  Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, v
  Caligus atromaculatus C. B. Wilson, 1913
  Caligus balistae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  Caligus belones Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus berychis C. B. Wilson, 1935
  Caligus biaculeatus Brian, 1914
  Caligus bicycletus Heegaard, 1945
  Caligus bifurcus Shen, 1958
  Caligus biseriodentatus Shen, 1957
  Caligus bocki Heegaard, 1943
  Caligus bonito C. B. Wilson, 1905
  Caligus brevicaudatus A. Scott, 1901
  Caligus brevicaudus Pillai, 1963
  Caligus brevipedis Bassett-Smith, 1896
  Caligus brevis Shiino, 1954
  Caligus buechlerae Hewitt, 1964
  Caligus callaoensis Duran, 1980
  Caligus callyodoni Prabha & Pillai, 1986
  Caligus calotomi Shiino, 1954
  Caligus carangis Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus centrodonti Baird, 1850
  Caligus chamelensis Morales-Serna, Pinacho-Pinacho, Gómez & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2014
  Caligus cheilodactyli Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus chelifer C. B. Wilson, 1905
  Caligus chiastos Lin & Ho, 2003
  Caligus chorinemi Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus chrysophrysi Pillai, 1985
  Caligus clavatus Kirtisinghe, 1964
  Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964
  Caligus confusus Pillai, 1961
  Caligus constrictus Heller, 1865
  Caligus cookeoli Ho & Lin, 2010
  Caligus cordiventris Shiino, 1952
  Caligus cordyla Pillai, 1963
  Caligus cornutus Heegaard, 1962
  Caligus coryphaenae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  Caligus cossacki Bassett-Smith, 1898
  Caligus costatus Shen & Li, 1959
  Caligus cresseyorum Kabata, 1992
  Caligus crusmae Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1982
  Caligus cunicephalus Gnanamuthu, 1950
  Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785
  Caligus cybii Bassett-Smith, 1898
  Caligus dactylopteni Uma Devi & Shyamasundari, 1981
  Caligus dakari Beneden, 1892
  Caligus dampieri Byrnes T., 1987
  Caligus dasyaticus Rangnekar, 1957
  Caligus debueni Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961
  Caligus deformis Brian, 1924
  Caligus diaphanus von Nordmann, 1832
  Caligus dicentrarchi Cabral & Raibaut, 1986
  Caligus dieuzeidei Brian, 1933
  Caligus digitatus Ho & Lin, 2003
  Caligus dubius T. Scott, 1894
  Caligus eleutheronemi Shen, 1957
  Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832
  Caligus engraulidis Barnard, 1948
  Caligus enormis C. B. Wilson, 1913
  Caligus epidemicus Hewitt, 1971
  Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, 1936
  Caligus equulae Ho & Lin, 2003
  Caligus evelynae Suárez-Morales, Camisotti & Martín, 2012
  Caligus eventilis Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  Caligus fistulariae Yamaguti, 1936
  Caligus flexispina A. G. Lewis, 1964
  Caligus fortis Kabata, 1965
  Caligus fronsuganinus Shen, 1940
  Caligus fugu (Yamaguti, 1936)
  Caligus furcisetifer Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949
  Caligus glacialis Gadd, 1910
  Caligus glandifer Shiino, 1954
  Caligus grandiabdominalis Yamaguti, 1954
  Caligus guerini Guiart, 1913
  Caligus gurnardi Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus haemulonis Krøyer, 1863
  Caligus hamatus Heegaard, 1955
  Caligus hamruri Pillai, 1964
  Caligus hemiconiati Capart, 1941
  Caligus hobsoni Cressey, 1969
  Caligus hoplognathi Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959
  Caligus hottentotus Barnard, 1957
  Caligus hyalinae Heegaard, 1966
  Caligus hyalinus Czerniavski, 1868
  Caligus ignotus Ho & Lin, 2010
  Caligus ilhoikimi Suárez-Morales & Gasca, 2016
  Caligus inanis Ho & Lin, 2007
  Caligus infestans Heller, 1865
  Caligus inopinatus Kabata, 1994
  Caligus irritans Heller, 1865
  Caligus isonyx Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
  Caligus itacurussensis Luque & Cezar, 2000
  Caligus jawahari Hameed & Adamkutty, 1985
  Caligus kabatae Cressey, 1991
  Caligus kahawai Jones J.B., 1988
  Caligus kala A. G. Lewis, 1964
  Caligus kalumai A. G. Lewis, 1964
  Caligus kanagurta Pillai, 1961
  Caligus ka
caption: Caligus chelifer
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