Species Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965

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Species Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, 1965

Caligus asymmetricus Kabata, Z. 1965. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. IV. Genus Caligus (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13(8): 109-126, figs 1-6.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: ectoparasitic (host(s): Thunnus tonggol Bleeker, 1851; Auxis thazard Lacepède, 1800; Euthynnus affinis Cantor, 1849).

Marine.

General References

Boxshall, G. 2018. The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa 4398(1): 1-172 [44, Fig. 19]

Kabata, Z. 1965. Copepoda parasitic on Australian fishes. IV. Genus Caligus (Caligidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 8: 109-126 [110]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Mar-2025	CRUSTACEA Brünnich, 1772	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED	Dr Gary Poore
07-Mar-2024	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	26-Dec-2024	MODIFIED
26-Jun-2023	COPEPODA H. Milne Edwards, 1840	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
23-Apr-2018	CALIGIDAE Burmeister, 1835	13-Mar-2025	MODIFIED
26-Jul-2012		26-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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