Caligus diaphanus, Nordmann, 1832

Dippenaar, Susan M. & Sebone, Makwena M., 2025, Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov., Zootaxa 5686 (2), pp. 151-197 : 164

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5E1F87E2-6C41-9A2A-FF6D-F8E8FE02F87D

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Plazi

scientific name

Caligus diaphanus
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Caligus diaphanus View in CoL -group

Leg 4 3-segmented with I, I, III spines respectively; leg 1 last exopodal segment with three posterior/medial pinnate setae, terminal spines 2 and 3 apparently without accessory processes; leg 2 second and third endopodal segments’ surfaces covered with fine setules and distolateral spines of first and second exopodal segments aligning to longitudinal axis of rami; antenna without proximal process; post-antennal process tine vestigial or weakly developed ( Boxshall 2018).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Copepoda

Order

Siphonostomatoida

Family

Caligidae

Genus

Caligus

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