Caligus spinosus Yamaguti, 1939
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16987266 |
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Caligus spinosus Yamaguti, 1939 |
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Caligus spinosus Yamaguti, 1939 View in CoL
( Figs 10A–D View FIGURE 10 )
Host: Seriola lalandi Valenciennes ( Carangidae : Carangiformes)
Locality: Off west coast South Africa (Atlantic Ocean)
Material examined: 5♀ + 3♂
Material collected: 45♀ + 18♂ from S. lalandi
Voucher material: 3♀ + 3♂ ( SAMC-A099202 ) from S. lalandi deposited in the Iziko South African Museum , Cape Town, South Africa .
Adult female ( Fig. 10A View FIGURE 10 ) genital complex posterolateral corners not lobate, rounded; short abdomen, fusiform (evenly convex lateral margins); antenna basal segment with small, tapered process (arrowed) ( Fig. 10B View FIGURE 10 ); leg 3 protopod with circular patch of more than 25 small truncated denticles (arrowed) ( Fig. 10C View FIGURE 10 ); leg 4 last exopodal segment terminal spines of similar lengths ( Fig. 10D View FIGURE 10 ) (cf. Choe & Kim 2010; Özak et al. 2019).
Remarks: This constitutes a new record of C. spinosus off southern Africa.
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