Caligus

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

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| taxon = Caligus

| authority = O. F. Müller, 1785

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  • Caligulus Heegaard, 1962
  • Cresseyella {{small|Bezděk & Cressey, 2004}}
  • Midias C. B. Wilson., 1911
  • Pseudocaligus A. Scott, 1901
  • Risculus Leach, 1819
  • Sciaenophilus {{small|Van Beneden, 1852}}

| type_species=Caligus curtus

| type_species_authority = O. F. Müller, 1785

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Caligus is a genus of sea lice in the family Caligidae. The species are parasites of marine fishes and could be vectors of viruses. {{As of|2017}}, the World Register of Marine Species includes the following species:{{cite WoRMS |author=Boxshall, Geoff |year=2015 |title=Caligus O.F. Müller, 1785 |db=Copepoda |id=135566 |access-date=7 September 2017}}

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Category:Siphonostomatoida

Category:Copepod genera

Category:Taxa named by Otto Friedrich Müller