Discovery of the fish host of the ‘planktonic’ caligid Caligus undulatus Shen & Li, 1959 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida)

• Main Authors: Susumu Ohtsuka, Masaki Nawata, Yusuke Nishida, Masato Nitta, Katsushi Hirano, Kenta Adachi, Yusuke Kondo, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran, Eduardo Suárez-Morales
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25939/1/Discovery%20of%20the%20fish%20host%20of%20the%20%E2%80%98planktonic%E2%80%99%20caligid%20Caligus%20undulatus%20Shen%20%26%20Li%2C%201959%20.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25939/2/Discovery%20of%20the%20fish%20host%20of%20the%20%E2%80%98planktonic%E2%80%99%20caligid%20Caligus%20undulatus%20Shen%20%26%20Li%2C%201959%201.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25939/; https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e52271

The siphonostomatoid copepod Caligus undulatus Shen & Li, 1959 has been widely reported from plankton samples obtained from neritic and oceanic waters off coasts of the Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Until now, its fish host has remained unknown. This copepod belongs to an intriguing gro...