Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16987249 |
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Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951 |
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Caligus asperimanus Pearse, 1951 View in CoL
( Figs 1A–F View FIGURE 1 )
Host: Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) ( Scombridae : Scombriformes)
Locality: Off east coast South Africa (Indian Ocean)
Material examined: 1♀
Material collected: 1♀ from K. pelamis
Adult female ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ) antenna with spatulate posterior spine (arrowed) on proximal segment ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); post-antennal process (pap) recurved or nearly at right angle ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ); maxillule posterior process (mpp) with pointed tip ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ); sternal furca (sf) tines widely divergent ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); leg 2 endopod second segment with 2–3 rows of strong denticles (arrowed) on outer margin ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ; cf. Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 in Cressey (1991)); leg 4 proximal segment distolateral spine (dls) reaching beyond base of lateral spine (I) of compound segment and this spine reaches beyond bases of terminal spines (II, III and IV) of compound segment, distomedial spine (IV) almost twice length of other spines ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ) (cf. Cressey 1991).
Remarks: Previous records of C. asperimanus were from Lutjanus ( Lutjanidae : Acanthuriformes) species ( Cressey 1991). Thus, K. pelamis represents a new host record for C. asperimanus and it is also a new record off South Africa.
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