Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)

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 : 166

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16987272
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scientific name	Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)
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Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852) View in CoL

( Figs 13A–C View FIGURE 13 )

Hosts: Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel) ; Otolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider) (Sciaeniformes: Sciaenidae )

Locality: Off east coast South Africa (Indian Ocean)

Material examined: 5♀ + 2♂

Material collected: 5♀ + 2♂ from A. japonicus ; and 1♀ from O. ruber

Voucher material: 2♀ + 1♂ ( SAMC-A099204 ) from A. japonicus deposited in the Iziko South African Museum , Cape Town, South Africa .

Adult female ( Fig. 13A View FIGURE 13 ) with very long abdomen; small antenna (arrowed) ( Fig. 13B View FIGURE 13 ); no sternal furca; leg 4 3-segmented with I, I, III laterally pectinated spines (arrowed) respectively ( Fig. 13C View FIGURE 13 ) (cf. Kabata 1979; Dojiri & Ho 2013).

Remarks: This is the first host report from O. ruber from South African waters.