Caligus coryphaenae sea louse

Caligus elongatus wird umgangssprachlich oft als Meerlaus bezeichnet.

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Caligus elongatus

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lexID:: 6984
AphiaID:: 135748

Scientific:: Caligus coryphaenae
German:: Meerlaus
English:: Sea Louse

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Caligus (Genus) > coryphaenae (Species)
Initial determination:: Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861

Occurrence:: cosmopolitan species
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 0.2" (0.5 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Parasites, Parasitic
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Caligus asymmetricus
Caligus atromaculatus
Caligus auxisi
Caligus balistae
Caligus belones
Caligus berychis
Caligus bifurcatus
Caligus bonito
Caligus brevicaudatus
Caligus centrodonti
Caligus chelifer
Caligus chorinemi
Caligus clemensi
Caligus confusus
Caligus constrictus
Caligus coryphaenae
Meerlaus
Caligus curtus
Caligus diaphamus
Caligus diaphanus
Caligus elongatus
Caligus flexispina
Caligus germoi
Caligus glandifer
Caligus gurnardi
Caligus haemulonis
Caligus hobsoni
Caligus hyalinae
Caligus irritans
Caligus isonyx
Caligus kala
Caligus kalumai
Caligus kapuhili
Caligus klawei
Caligus labracis
Caligus lacustris
Caligus ligatus
Caligus longipedis
Caligus lunatus
Caligus macarovi
Caligus minimus
Caligus mutabilis
Caligus olsoni
Caligus orientalis
Caligus patulus
Caligus pectinatus
Caligus pelamydis
Caligus platytarsis
Caligus praetextus
Caligus productus
Caligus punctatus
Caligus quadratus
Caligus randalli
Caligus rectus
Caligus robustus
Caligus rogercresseyi
Caligus rufimaculatus
Caligus schistonyx
Caligus serratus
Caligus spinosurculus
Caligus suffuscus
Caligus tenax
Caligus tenuicaudatus
Caligus tenuifurcatus
Caligus validus
Caligus ventrosetosus
Caligus wilsoni
Caligus zei

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-09 20:43:16
Last edit:: 2020-01-22 15:35:15

Info

von Nordmann, 1832

Synonyms:
Caligus arcticus Brandes, 1956
Caligus kroyeri Milne-Edwards, 1840
Caligus latifrons Wilson C.B., 1905
Caligus leptochilus Leuckart in Frey & Leuckart, 1847
Caligus lumpi Krøyer, 1863
Caligus rabidus Leigh-Sharpe, 1936
Caligus rissoanus Milne Edwards, 1840
Caligus trachypteri Krøyer, 1863

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Siphonostomatoida (Order) > Caligidae (Family) > Caligus (Genus)

External links

Fliegenfischer-Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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