Caligus infestans
| Caligus infestans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Caligidae |
| Genus: | Caligus |
| Species: | C. infestans |
| Binomial name | |
| Caligus infestans Heller, 1865 | |
Caligus infestans is a species of sea louse in the family, Caligidae, first described by Camill Heller in 1865.
In Australia it is found as an ecto-parasite (a parasite living on the outside of its host) of fishes at depths of 200 metres in the following IMCRA zones - Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), and the Northeast Shelf Transition - that is, in seas off the north east coast of Australia.
A search of the Smithsonian Invertebrates Collection reveals they have also been found off:
- the Greater Sunda Islands (host - Scomberomorus commerson) USNM 180506
- Phuket (host - Scomberomorus commerson) USNM 180517
- Indian Ocean (host - Scomberomorus commerson) USNM 180518
and Madagascar and Mozambique (all with the same host).