Caligus curtus

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Caligus curtus
PSM V08 D695 Female caligulus elegans.jpg
Female Caligus curtus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Hexanauplia
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Caligidae
Genus: Caligus
Species:
C. curtus
Binomial name
Caligus curtus
Synonyms
  • Caligulus elegans
  • Caligus elegans van Beneden, 1851

Caligus curtus is a sea louse species.[1] It is a parasite of the Atlantic cod.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Caligus curtus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ Diana Perdiguero-Alonso; 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: 23. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-23. PMC 2503959. PMID 18638387.


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