Caligus curtus is a sea louse species.[1][2] It is a parasite of the Atlantic cod.[3]
Caligus curtus | |
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Female Caligus curtus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Caligidae |
Genus: | Caligus |
Species: | C. curtus
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Binomial name | |
Caligus curtus O. F. Müller, 1785
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References
edit- ^ Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2022). "Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Caligus curtus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Perdiguero-Alonso, Diana; Francisco E. Montero; Juan Antonio Raga & Aneta Kostadinova (2008). "Composition and structure of the parasite faunas of cod, Gadus morhua L. (Teleostei: Gadidae), in the North East Atlantic". Parasites & Vectors. 1 (1): 23. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-23. PMC 2503959. PMID 18638387.