''Caligus'' is a genus of

sea lice Sea lice (singular: sea louse) are copepods (small crustaceans) of the family Caligidae within the order Siphonostomatoida. They are marine ectoparasites (external parasites) that feed on the mucus, epidermal tissue, and blood of host fish. Th ...

in the family

Caligidae Sea lice (singular: sea louse) are copepods (small crustaceans) of the family Caligidae within the order Siphonostomatoida. They are marine ectoparasites (external parasites) that feed on the mucus, epidermal tissue, and blood of host fish. The ...

. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. , the

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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 ''Caligus'' is a genus of sea lice in the family Caligidae. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. , the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species: *'' Caligus absens'' Ho, Lin & Chen, ...

'' 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'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, 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'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, Krøyer, 1863 *''Caligus centrodonti'' Baird, 1850 *''Caligus chamelensis'' *''Caligus cheilodactyli'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, Krøyer, 1863 *''Caligus chelifer'' C. B. Wilson, 1905 *''Caligus chiastos'' Lin & Ho, 2003 *''Caligus chorinemi'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, 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'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1936 *''Caligus equulae'' Ho & Lin, 2003 *''Caligus evelynae'' Suárez-Morales, Camisotti & Martín, 2012 *''Caligus eventilis'' Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 *''Caligus fistulariae'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1936 *''Caligus flexispina'' A. G. Lewis, 1964 *''Caligus fortis'' Kabata, 1965 *''Caligus fronsuganinus'' Shen, 1940 *''Caligus fugu'' (Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1936) *''Caligus furcisetifer'' Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 *''Caligus glacialis'' Gadd, 1910 *''Caligus glandifer'' Shiino, 1954 *''Caligus grandiabdominalis'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1954 *''Caligus guerini'' Guiart, 1913 *''Caligus gurnardi'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, Krøyer, 1863 *''Caligus haemulonis'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, Krøyer, 1863 *''Caligus hamatus'' Heegaard, 1955 *''Caligus hamruri'' Pillai, 1964 *''Caligus hemiconiati'' Capart, 1941 *''Caligus hobsoni'' Cressey, 1969 *''Caligus hoplognathi'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 *''Caligus hottentotus'' Barnard, 1957 *''Caligus hyalinae'' Heegaard, 1966 *''Caligus hyalinus'' Czerniavski, 1868 *''Caligus ignotus'' Ho & Lin, 2010 *''Caligus ilhoikimi'' *''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 kapuhili'' A. G. Lewis, 1967 *''Caligus keralensis'' Özak, Demirkale, Boxshall & Etyemez, 2013 *''Caligus kirti'' Prabha & Pillai, 1986 *''Caligus klawei'' Shiino, 1959 *''Caligus kurochkini'' Kazachenko, 1975 *''Caligus kuwaitensis'' Kabata & Tareen, 1984 *''Caligus labracis'' T. Scott, 1902 *''Caligus lacustris'' Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 *''Caligus lagocephali'' Pillai, 1961 *''Caligus lalandei'' Barnard, 1948 *''Caligus laminatus'' (Rangnekar, 1955) *''Caligus laticaudus'' Shiino, 1960 *''Caligus latigenitalis'' Shiino, 1954 *''Caligus latus'' Byrnes T., 1987 *''Caligus lessonius'' Risso, 1826 *''Caligus lethrinicola'' Boxshall & El-Rashidy, 2009 *''Caligus lichiae'' Brian, 1906 *''Caligus ligatus'' A. G. Lewis, 1964 *''Caligus ligusticus'' Brian, 1906 *''Caligus lini'' *''Caligus littoralis'' Luque & Cezar, 2000 *''Caligus lobodes'' (C. B. Wilson, 1911) *''Caligus lolligunculae'' Capart, 1941 *''Caligus longiabdominis'' Shiino, 1965 *''Caligus longicaudatus'' Brady, 1899 *''Caligus longicaudus'' Bassett-Smith, 1898 *''Caligus longipedis'' Bassett-Smith, 1898 *''Caligus longipes'' *''Caligus longiramus'' Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Jitchum, 2012 *''Caligus longirostris'' Heegaard, 1962 *''Caligus longispinosus'' (Heegaard, 1962) *''Caligus lunatus'' C. B. Wilson, 1924 *''Caligus lutjani'' Ho, Lin & Chang, 2007 *''Caligus macarovi'' Gusev, 1951 *''Caligus macoloricola'' Hayes, Jean-Lou Justine, Justine & Boxshall, 2012 *''Caligus macrurus'' *''Caligus malabaricus'' Pillai, 1961 *''Caligus mebachii'' *''Caligus minimus'' Otto, 1821 *''Caligus mordax'' Leigh-Sharpe, 1934 *''Caligus mortis'' Kensley, 1970 *''Caligus mugilis'' Brian, 1935 *''Caligus musaicus'' Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010 *''Caligus mutabilis'' C. B. Wilson, 1905 *''Caligus nanhaiensis'' Wu & Pan, 1997 *''Caligus nengai'' Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953 *''Caligus nibeae'' *''Caligus nolani'' Longshaw, 1997 *''Caligus novocaledonicus'' Kabata, 1968 *''Caligus nuenonnae'' Andrews, Bott, Battaglene & Nowak, 2009 *''Caligus oculicola'' Tang & Newbound, 2004 *''Caligus ocyurus'' Cressey, 1991 *''Caligus ogawai'' Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Shang, 2012 *''Caligus olsoni'' Pearse, 1953 *''Caligus omissus'' Cressey & Cressey, 1980 *''Caligus orientalis'' Gusev, 1951 *''Caligus oviceps'' Shiino, 1952 *''Caligus pagelli'' Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958 *''Caligus pageti'' Russell, 1925 *''Caligus pagri'' Capart, 1941 *''Caligus pagrosomi'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1939 *''Caligus pampi'' Ho & Lin, 2002 *''Caligus parvilatus'' I. H. Kim, 1998 *''Caligus parvus'' Bassett-Smith, 1898 *''Caligus patulus'' C. B. Wilson, 1937 *''Caligus pauliani'' Nuñes-Ruivo & Fourmanoir, 1956 *''Caligus pectinatus'' Shiino, 1965 *''Caligus pelagicus'' Kurian, 1955 *''Caligus pelamydis'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, Krøyer, 1863 *''Caligus penrithi'' Kensley & Grindley, 1973 *''Caligus pharaonis'' *''Caligus phipsoni'' Bassett-Smith, 1898 *''Caligus placidus'' Dana, 1849 *''Caligus planktonis'' Pillai, 1985 *''Caligus platurus'' Kirtisinghe, 1964 *''Caligus platytarsis'' Bassett-Smith, 1898 *''Caligus polycanthi'' Gnanamuthu, 1950 *''Caligus pomacentrus'' Cressey, 1991 *''Caligus pomadasi'' Prabha & Pillai, 1986 *''Caligus praecinctorius'' Hayes, Jean-Lou Justine, Justine & Boxshall, 2012 *''Caligus praetextus'' Bere, 1936 *''Caligus priacanthi'' Pillai, 1961 *''Caligus productus'' Dana, 1852 *''Caligus pseudokalumai'' A. G. Lewis, 1968 *''Caligus pseudoproductus'' Capart, 1959 *''Caligus pterois'' Kurian, 1949 *''Caligus punctatus'' Shiino, 1955 *''Caligus quadratus'' Shiino, 1954 *''Caligus quadrigenitalis'' Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Shang, 2012 *''Caligus randalli'' A. G. Lewis, 1964 *''Caligus raniceps'' Heegaard, 1943 *''Caligus rapax'' Milne Edwards, 1840 *''Caligus regalis'' Leigh-Sharpe, 1930 *''Caligus reniformis'' Prabha & Pillai, 1983 *''Caligus robustus'' Bassett-Smith, 1898 *''Caligus rogercresseyi'' Boxshall & Bravo, 2000 *''Caligus rotundigenitalis'' Yü, 1933 *''Caligus rufimaculatus'' C. B. Wilson, 1905 *''Caligus saucius'' Dojiri, 1989 *''Caligus savala'' Gnanamuthu, 1948 *''Caligus schistonyx'' C. B. Wilson, 1905 *''Caligus sciaenops'' Pearse, 1952 *''Caligus sclerotinosus'' Roubal, Armitage & Rohde, 1983 *''Caligus scribae'' Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984 *''Caligus sensorius'' Heegaard, 1962 *''Caligus sepetibensis'' Luque & Takemoto, 1996 *''Caligus seriolae'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1936 *''Caligus serratus'' Shiino, 1965 *''Caligus sibogae'' Boxshall & Gurney, 1980 *''Caligus sicarius'' Kabata, 1984 *''Caligus similis'' Ho, I. H. Kim & Nagasawa, 2005 *''Caligus solea'' *''Caligus spinosus'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1939 *''Caligus stocki'' *''Caligus stokesi'' Byrnes T., 1987 *''Caligus stromatei'' Henrik Nikolai Krøyer, Krøyer, 1863 *''Caligus subparvus'' (Hameed, 1977) *''Caligus suffuscus'' C. B. Wilson, 1913 *''Caligus tanago'' Satyu Yamaguti, Yamaguti, 1939 *''Caligus temnodontis'' Brian, 1924 *''Caligus tenax'' Heller, 1865 *''Caligus tenuicauda'' (Shiino, 1964) *''Caligus tenuifurcatus'' C. B. Wilson, 1937 *''Caligus tenuis'' Fowler, 1912 *''Caligus tenuis'' *''Caligus teres'' C. B. Wilson, 1905 *''Caligus tetrodontis'' Barnard, 1948 *''Caligus thyrsitae'' Kazachenko, Korotaeva & Kurochkin, 1972 *''Caligus torpedinis'' Heller, 1865 *''Caligus trachynoti'' Heller, 1865 *''Caligus triabdominalis'' Byrnes T., 1987 *''Caligus triangularis'' Shiino, 1954 *''Caligus tripedalis'' Heegaard, 1972 *''Caligus truttae'' Giard, 1890 *''Caligus tylosuri'' (Rangnekar, 1956) *''Caligus undulatus'' Shen & Li, 1959 *''Caligus uniartus'' (Ho, I. H. Kim, Cruz & Nagasawa, 2004) *''Caligus ventrosetosus'' Pearse, 1952 *''Caligus vexator'' Heller, 1865 *''Caligus willungae'' Kabata, 1965 *''Caligus wilsoni'' Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958 *''Caligus xystercus'' Cressey, 1991 *''Caligus zei'' Norman & T. Scott, 1906 *''Caligus zylanica'' Hameed & Pillai, 1986

References

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