Caligus curtus

Caligus curtus
	Female Caligus curtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Siphonostomatoida
Family:	Caligidae
Genus:	Caligus
Species:	C. curtus
Binomial name
	Caligus curtus; O. F. Müller, 1785
Synonyms
	Caligulus elegans; Caligus elegans van Beneden, 1851;

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

References

^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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