Caligus infestans explained

Caligus infestans is a species of sea louse in the family, Caligidae, first described by Camill Heller in 1865.^{[1] [2]}

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^[3] 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).

External links

• Occurrence data from GBIF

Notes and References

1. Web site: Species Caligus infestans Heller, 1865 . 2024-07-01 . Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Government.
2. Caligus infestans.
3. Web site: Search for Caligus infestans. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.