{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = caligus.jpg | image_upright = | image_caption = | taxon = Caligus | authority = O. F. Müller, 1785 | synonyms = *''Caligulus'' <small>Heegaard, 1962</small> *''Cresseyella'' {{small|Bezděk & Cressey, 2004}} *''Midias '' <small>C. B. Wilson., 1911</small> *''Pseudocaligus '' <small>A. Scott, 1901</small> *''Risculus'' <small>Leach, 1819</small> *''Sciaenophilus'' {{small|Van Beneden, 1852}} | type_species=''Caligus curtus'' | type_species_authority = O. F. Müller, 1785 }} [[File:Caligus chelifer.png|thumb|right|150px|''Caligus chelifer'']]
'''''Caligus''''' is a genus of sea lice in the family Caligidae. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. {{As of|2017}}, the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species:<ref name=WoRDS>{{cite WoRMS |author=Boxshall, Geoff |year=2015 |title=''Caligus'' O.F. Müller, 1785 |db=Copepoda |id=135566 |access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} *''Caligus absens'' <small>Ho, Lin & Chen, 2000</small> *''Caligus acanthopagri'' <small>Lin, Ho & Chen, 1994</small> *''Caligus aduncus'' <small>Shen & Li, 1959</small> *''Caligus aesopus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1921</small> *''Caligus affinis'' <small>Heller, 1866</small> *''Caligus afurcatus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1913</small> *''Caligus alaihi'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1968</small> <!---*''Caligus alatus'' <small>Heegaard, 1944</small> Synonym of Caligus balistae Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861---> *''Caligus amblygenitalis'' <small>Pillai, 1961</small> *''Caligus antennatus'' <small>Boxshall & Gurney, 1980</small> <!---*''Caligus antennatus'' <small>Al Marzouk, 2002</small> See Caligus antennatus Boxshall & Gurney, 1980 ---> *''Caligus apodus'' <small>(Brian, 1924)</small> *''Caligus arii'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus ariicolus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1928</small> *''Caligus asperimanus'' <small>Pearse, 1951</small> *''Caligus asymmetricus'' <small>Kabata, v</small> *''Caligus atromaculatus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1913</small> *''Caligus balistae'' <small>Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861</small> *''Caligus belones'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> <!---*''Caligus bennetti'' <small>Causey, 1953</small> syn of Caligus macrurus Heller, 1865---> *''Caligus berychis'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1935</small> *''Caligus biaculeatus'' <small>Brian, 1914</small> *''Caligus bicycletus'' <small>Heegaard, 1945</small> *''Caligus bifurcus'' <small>Shen, 1958</small> *''Caligus biseriodentatus'' <small>Shen, 1957</small> *''Caligus bocki'' <small>Heegaard, 1943</small> *''Caligus bonito'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1905</small> *''Caligus brevicaudatus'' <small>A. Scott, 1901</small> *''Caligus brevicaudus'' <small>Pillai, 1963</small> *''Caligus brevipedis'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1896</small> *''Caligus brevis'' <small>Shiino, 1954</small> *''Caligus buechlerae'' <small>Hewitt, 1964</small> *''Caligus callaoensis'' <small>Duran, 1980</small> *''Caligus callyodoni'' <small>Prabha & Pillai, 1986</small> *''Caligus calotomi'' <small>Shiino, 1954</small> *''Caligus carangis'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> <!---*''Caligus caudatus'' <small>(Gnanamuthu, 1950)</small> now Sinocaligus caudatus (Gnanamuthu, 1950) ---> *''Caligus centrodonti'' <small>Baird, 1850</small> *''Caligus chamelensis'' {{small|Morales-Serna, Pinacho-Pinacho, Gómez & Pérez-Ponce de León, 2014}} *''Caligus cheilodactyli'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> *''Caligus chelifer'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1905</small> *''Caligus chiastos'' <small>Lin & Ho, 2003</small> *''Caligus chorinemi'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> *''Caligus chrysophrysi'' <small>Pillai, 1985</small> *''Caligus clavatus'' <small>Kirtisinghe, 1964</small> *''Caligus clemensi'' <small>Parker & Margolis, 1964</small> *''Caligus confusus'' <small>Pillai, 1961</small> *''Caligus constrictus'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus cookeoli'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2010</small> *''Caligus cordiventris'' <small>Shiino, 1952</small> *''Caligus cordyla'' <small>Pillai, 1963</small> *''Caligus cornutus'' <small>Heegaard, 1962</small> *''Caligus coryphaenae'' <small>Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861</small> *''Caligus cossacki'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus costatus'' <small>Shen & Li, 1959</small> *''Caligus cresseyorum'' <small>Kabata, 1992</small> *''Caligus crusmae'' <small>Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1982</small> *''Caligus cunicephalus'' <small>Gnanamuthu, 1950</small> *''Caligus curtus'' <small>O. F. Müller, 1785</small> *''Caligus cybii'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus dactylopteni'' <small>Uma Devi & Shyamasundari, 1981</small> *''Caligus dakari'' <small>Beneden, 1892</small> *''Caligus dampieri'' <small>Byrnes T., 1987</small> *''Caligus dasyaticus'' <small>Rangnekar, 1957</small> *''Caligus debueni'' <small>Stuardo & Fagetti, 1961</small> *''Caligus deformis'' <small>Brian, 1924</small> *''Caligus diaphanus'' <small>von Nordmann, 1832</small> *''Caligus dicentrarchi'' <small>Cabral & Raibaut, 1986</small> *''Caligus dieuzeidei'' <small>Brian, 1933</small> *''Caligus digitatus'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2003</small> *''Caligus dubius'' <small>T. Scott, 1894</small> *''Caligus eleutheronemi'' <small>Shen, 1957</small> *''Caligus elongatus'' <small>von Nordmann, 1832</small> *''Caligus engraulidis'' <small>Barnard, 1948</small> *''Caligus enormis'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1913</small> *''Caligus epidemicus'' <small>Hewitt, 1971</small> *''Caligus epinepheli'' <small>Yamaguti, 1936</small> *''Caligus equulae'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2003</small> *''Caligus evelynae'' <small>Suárez-Morales, Camisotti & Martín, 2012</small> *''Caligus eventilis'' <small>Leigh-Sharpe, 1934</small> *''Caligus fistulariae'' <small>Yamaguti, 1936</small> *''Caligus flexispina'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1964</small> *''Caligus fortis'' <small>Kabata, 1965</small> *''Caligus fronsuganinus'' <small>Shen, 1940</small> *''Caligus fugu'' <small>(Yamaguti, 1936)</small> *''Caligus furcisetifer'' <small>Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949</small> *''Caligus glacialis'' <small>Gadd, 1910</small> *''Caligus glandifer'' <small>Shiino, 1954</small> <!---*''Caligus gracilis'' <small>Dana, 1852</small> taxon inquirendum---> *''Caligus grandiabdominalis'' <small>Yamaguti, 1954</small> *''Caligus guerini'' <small>Guiart, 1913</small> *''Caligus gurnardi'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> *''Caligus haemulonis'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> *''Caligus hamatus'' <small>Heegaard, 1955</small> *''Caligus hamruri'' <small>Pillai, 1964</small> *''Caligus hemiconiati'' <small>Capart, 1941</small> *''Caligus hobsoni'' <small>Cressey, 1969</small> *''Caligus hoplognathi'' <small>Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959</small> *''Caligus hottentotus'' <small>Barnard, 1957</small> *''Caligus hyalinae'' <small>Heegaard, 1966</small> *''Caligus hyalinus'' <small>Czerniavski, 1868</small> *''Caligus ignotus'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2010</small> *''Caligus ilhoikimi'' {{small|Suárez-Morales & Gasca, 2016}} *''Caligus inanis'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2007</small> *''Caligus infestans'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus inopinatus'' <small>Kabata, 1994</small> *''Caligus irritans'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus isonyx'' <small>Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861</small> *''Caligus itacurussensis'' <small>Luque & Cezar, 2000</small> *''Caligus jawahari'' <small>Hameed & Adamkutty, 1985</small> *''Caligus kabatae'' <small>Cressey, 1991</small> *''Caligus kahawai'' <small>Jones J.B., 1988</small> *''Caligus kala'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1964</small> *''Caligus kalumai'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1964</small> *''Caligus kanagurta'' <small>Pillai, 1961</small> *''Caligus kapuhili'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1967</small> *''Caligus keralensis'' <small>Özak, Demirkale, Boxshall & Etyemez, 2013</small> *''Caligus kirti'' <small>Prabha & Pillai, 1986</small> *''Caligus klawei'' <small>Shiino, 1959</small> *''Caligus kurochkini'' <small>Kazachenko, 1975</small> *''Caligus kuwaitensis'' <small>Kabata & Tareen, 1984</small> *''Caligus labracis'' <small>T. Scott, 1902</small> *''Caligus lacustris'' <small>Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861</small> *''Caligus lagocephali'' <small>Pillai, 1961</small> *''Caligus lalandei'' <small>Barnard, 1948</small> *''Caligus laminatus'' <small>(Rangnekar, 1955)</small> *''Caligus laticaudus'' <small>Shiino, 1960</small> *''Caligus latigenitalis'' <small>Shiino, 1954</small> *''Caligus latus'' <small>Byrnes T., 1987</small> *''Caligus lessonius'' <small>Risso, 1826</small> *''Caligus lethrinicola'' <small>Boxshall & El-Rashidy, 2009</small> *''Caligus lichiae'' <small>Brian, 1906</small> *''Caligus ligatus'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1964</small> *''Caligus ligusticus'' <small>Brian, 1906</small> *''Caligus lini'' {{small|Ho & Cheng, 2016}} *''Caligus littoralis'' <small>Luque & Cezar, 2000</small> *''Caligus lobodes'' <small>(C. B. Wilson, 1911)</small> *''Caligus lolligunculae'' <small>Capart, 1941</small> *''Caligus longiabdominis'' <small>Shiino, 1965</small> *''Caligus longicaudatus'' <small>Brady, 1899</small> *''Caligus longicaudus'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus longipedis'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus longipes'' {{small|(Moon & Kim, 2012)}} *''Caligus longiramus'' <small>Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Jitchum, 2012</small> *''Caligus longirostris'' <small>Heegaard, 1962</small> *''Caligus longispinosus'' <small>(Heegaard, 1962)</small> *''Caligus lunatus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1924</small> *''Caligus lutjani'' <small>Ho, Lin & Chang, 2007</small> *''Caligus macarovi'' <small>Gusev, 1951</small> *''Caligus macoloricola'' <small>Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012</small> *''Caligus macrurus'' {{small|Heller, 1865}} *''Caligus malabaricus'' <small>Pillai, 1961</small> *''Caligus mebachii'' {{small|Marukawa, 1927}} *''Caligus minimus'' <small>Otto, 1821</small> *''Caligus mordax'' <small>Leigh-Sharpe, 1934</small> *''Caligus mortis'' <small>Kensley, 1970</small> *''Caligus mugilis'' <small>Brian, 1935</small> *''Caligus musaicus'' <small>Cavaleiro, Santos & Ho, 2010</small> *''Caligus mutabilis'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1905</small> *''Caligus nanhaiensis'' <small>Wu & Pan, 1997</small> *''Caligus nengai'' <small>Rangnekar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1953</small> *''Caligus nibeae'' {{small|Shen, 1957}} *''Caligus nolani'' <small>Longshaw, 1997</small> *''Caligus novocaledonicus'' <small>Kabata, 1968</small> *''Caligus nuenonnae'' <small>Andrews, Bott, Battaglene & Nowak, 2009</small> *''Caligus oculicola'' <small>Tang & Newbound, 2004</small> *''Caligus ocyurus'' <small>Cressey, 1991</small> *''Caligus ogawai'' <small>Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Shang, 2012</small> *''Caligus olsoni'' <small>Pearse, 1953</small> *''Caligus omissus'' <small>Cressey & Cressey, 1980</small> *''Caligus orientalis'' <small>Gusev, 1951</small> *''Caligus oviceps'' <small>Shiino, 1952</small> *''Caligus pagelli'' <small>Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958</small> *''Caligus pageti'' <small>Russell, 1925</small> *''Caligus pagri'' <small>Capart, 1941</small> *''Caligus pagrosomi'' <small>Yamaguti, 1939</small> *''Caligus pampi'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2002</small> *''Caligus parvilatus'' <small>I. H. Kim, 1998</small> *''Caligus parvus'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus patulus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1937</small> *''Caligus pauliani'' <small>Nuñes-Ruivo & Fourmanoir, 1956</small> *''Caligus pectinatus'' <small>Shiino, 1965</small> *''Caligus pelagicus'' <small>Kurian, 1955</small> *''Caligus pelamydis'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> *''Caligus penrithi'' <small>Kensley & Grindley, 1973</small> *''Caligus pharaonis'' {{small|von Nordmann, 1832}} *''Caligus phipsoni'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus placidus'' <small>Dana, 1849</small> *''Caligus planktonis'' <small>Pillai, 1985</small> *''Caligus platurus'' <small>Kirtisinghe, 1964</small> *''Caligus platytarsis'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus polycanthi'' <small>Gnanamuthu, 1950</small> *''Caligus pomacentrus'' <small>Cressey, 1991</small> *''Caligus pomadasi'' <small>Prabha & Pillai, 1986</small> *''Caligus praecinctorius'' <small>Hayes, Justine & Boxshall, 2012</small> *''Caligus praetextus'' <small>Bere, 1936</small> *''Caligus priacanthi'' <small>Pillai, 1961</small> *''Caligus productus'' <small>Dana, 1852</small> *''Caligus pseudokalumai'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1968</small> *''Caligus pseudoproductus'' <small>Capart, 1959</small> *''Caligus pterois'' <small>Kurian, 1949</small> *''Caligus punctatus'' <small>Shiino, 1955</small> *''Caligus quadratus'' <small>Shiino, 1954</small> *''Caligus quadrigenitalis'' <small>Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Shang, 2012</small> *''Caligus randalli'' <small>A. G. Lewis, 1964</small> *''Caligus raniceps'' <small>Heegaard, 1943</small> *''Caligus rapax'' <small>Milne Edwards, 1840</small> *''Caligus regalis'' <small>Leigh-Sharpe, 1930</small> *''Caligus reniformis'' <small>Prabha & Pillai, 1983</small> <!---*''Caligus rivulatus'' <small>Pilla, Vankara & Chikkam, 2012</small> "interim unpublished (This was published on-line only but never registered in ZooBank)"---> *''Caligus robustus'' <small>Bassett-Smith, 1898</small> *''Caligus rogercresseyi'' <small>Boxshall & Bravo, 2000</small> *''Caligus rotundigenitalis'' <small>Yü, 1933</small> *''Caligus rufimaculatus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1905</small> *''Caligus saucius'' <small>Dojiri, 1989</small> *''Caligus savala'' <small>Gnanamuthu, 1948</small> <!---*''Caligus schelegeli'' <small>Ho & Lin, 2003</small> not on WoRMS list when I checked in 2017---> *''Caligus schistonyx'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1905</small> *''Caligus sciaenops'' <small>Pearse, 1952</small> *''Caligus sclerotinosus'' <small>Roubal, Armitage & Rohde, 1983</small> *''Caligus scribae'' <small>Essafi, Cabral & Raibaut, 1984</small> *''Caligus sensorius'' <small>Heegaard, 1962</small> *''Caligus sepetibensis'' <small>Luque & Takemoto, 1996</small> *''Caligus seriolae'' <small>Yamaguti, 1936</small> *''Caligus serratus'' <small>Shiino, 1965</small> *''Caligus sibogae'' <small>Boxshall & Gurney, 1980</small> *''Caligus sicarius'' <small>Kabata, 1984</small> *''Caligus similis'' <small>Ho, I. H. Kim & Nagasawa, 2005</small> *''Caligus solea'' {{small|Demirkale, Özak, Yanar & Boxshall, 2014}} *''Caligus spinosus'' <small>Yamaguti, 1939</small> *''Caligus stocki'' {{small|(Cressey & Cressey, 1990)}} *''Caligus stokesi'' <small>Byrnes T., 1987</small> *''Caligus stromatei'' <small>Krøyer, 1863</small> *''Caligus subparvus'' <small>(Hameed, 1977)</small> *''Caligus suffuscus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1913</small> *''Caligus tanago'' <small>Yamaguti, 1939</small> *''Caligus temnodontis'' <small>Brian, 1924</small> *''Caligus tenax'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus tenuicauda'' <small>(Shiino, 1964)</small> *''Caligus tenuifurcatus'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1937</small> *''Caligus tenuis'' <small>Fowler, 1912</small> *''Caligus tenuis'' {{small|(van Beneden, 1852)}} *''Caligus teres'' <small>C. B. Wilson, 1905</small> *''Caligus tetrodontis'' <small>Barnard, 1948</small> *''Caligus thyrsitae'' <small>Kazachenko, Korotaeva & Kurochkin, 1972</small> *''Caligus torpedinis'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus trachynoti'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus triabdominalis'' <small>Byrnes T., 1987</small> *''Caligus triangularis'' <small>Shiino, 1954</small> *''Caligus tripedalis'' <small>Heegaard, 1972</small> *''Caligus truttae'' <small>Giard, 1890</small> *''Caligus tylosuri'' <small>(Rangnekar, 1956)</small> *''Caligus undulatus'' <small>Shen & Li, 1959</small> *''Caligus uniartus'' <small>(Ho, I. H. Kim, Cruz & Nagasawa, 2004)</small> <!---*''Caligus uranoscopi'' <small>Vaissière, 1955</small> (syn. of C. brevicaudatus A. Scott, 1901---> *''Caligus ventrosetosus'' <small>Pearse, 1952</small> *''Caligus vexator'' <small>Heller, 1865</small> *''Caligus willungae'' <small>Kabata, 1965</small> *''Caligus wilsoni'' <small>Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1958</small> *''Caligus xystercus'' <small>Cressey, 1991</small> *''Caligus zei'' <small>Norman & T. Scott, 1906</small> *''Caligus zylanica'' <small>Hameed & Pillai, 1986</small> {{Div col end}}
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Category:Siphonostomatoida Category:Copepod genera Category:Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller