Caligus trichiuri Kroyer 1863
- Dataset
- Two new species of planktonic Caligus O. F. Müller 1785 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from Türkiye with an updated review and checklist of planktonic caligids
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Copepoda
- order
- Siphonostomatoida
- family
- Caligidae
- genus
- Caligus
- species
- Caligus trichiuri
Caligus trichiuri Kroyer 1863
Key to species of Caligus trichiuri -group (females only)
1. Abdomen 1-segmented, shorter than genital complex......................................................... 2
- Abdomen 2-segmented, longer than genital complex............................................ C. unguidentatus
2. Genital complex wider than long, with convex lateral margins................................. C. cultellus nom. nov.
- Genital complex longer than wide, with more-or-less parallel lateral margins...................................... 3
3. Genital complex large, almost as long as cephalothorax............................................... C. trichiuri
- Genital complex small, less than half length of cephalothorax............................................. C. rufus
Name
- Homonyms
- Caligus trichiuri Kroyer 1863