chalimus

English

Noun

chalimus (plural chalimi)

1. The post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host
   • 2015 September 30, “A Survey of the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Gene Superfamily in the Salmon Louse ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis )”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Samples of nauplius, copepodid and chalimus stages consisted of pools of parasites.