Caligus izmiriensis Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024

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 : 179

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FAE3CA10-9DC4-45E0-819E-6F3A02CE7F20

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17062865

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5E1F87E2-6C50-9A3B-FF6D-FEF2FAC2FD34

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Plazi

scientific name

Caligus izmiriensis Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024
status

 

Caligus izmiriensis Özak, Kurt, Kamanli, Akbulut, Yanar & Boxshall, 2024 View in CoL

( Figs 23A–C View FIGURE 23 )

Host: Sardinops sagax (Jenyns) ( Alosidae : Clupeiformes )

Locality: Off west coast South Africa (Atlantic Ocean)

Material examined: 1♂

Material collected: 1♂ from Sardinops sagax

Adult male ( Fig. 23A View FIGURE 23 ) genital complex elongate; abdomen 2-segmented about same length as genital complex; sternal furca (sf) with straight tines close together ( Fig. 23B View FIGURE 23 ); leg 2 exopodal segment 2 with tiny vestige of distolateral spine (dls), last segment with small outer spine (os) ( Fig. 23C View FIGURE 23 ) ( cf. Özak et al. 2024).

Remarks: This is the first report of C. izmiriensis from a host, namely S. sagax , since it was previously only reported from plankton samples ( Özak et al. 2024). Additionally, it is the first record off South Africa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Copepoda

Order

Siphonostomatoida

Family

Caligidae

Genus

Caligus

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