Caligus kajii

Caligus kajii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siphonostomatoida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Siphonostomatoida

Familia: Caligidae
Genus: Caligus
Species: Caligus kajii

Name

Caligus kajii Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 2019

Type locality: 15 m depth, off Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan (34°00.686'N, 130°53.756'E)

Holotype: 1 ovigerous adult ♀; parasitic on body surface of Platycephalus sp. (total length 58 cm) collected morning of August 24, 2016; whole specimen (NSMT-Cr 26754); S. Ohtsuka leg.

Paratypes:

• Allotype: 1 adult ♂, same data as in holotype; partly dissected on 1 slide, body in vial (NSMT-Cr 26755); S. Ohtsuka leg.
• 1♀, same data as in holotype; partly dissected and bodies in vials (NSMT-Cr 26756); 36♀♀ and 13♂♂, same data as in holotype; whole specimens (NSMT-Cr 26757); S. Ohtsuka leg.

Etymology: named after Tomonari Kaji

ZooBank: 9A3A7B46-6140-4865-AAFA-99E718FBA8D6

References

Primary references

• Ohtsuka, S. & Boxshall, G.A. 2019. Two new species of the genus Caligus (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from the Sea of Japan, with a note on the establishment of a new species group. ZooKeys, 893: 91–113. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.46923 Reference page.  [original description: p. 98-104, figs. 4-6, tbl. 2]

Links

• Caligus kajii in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Caligus kajii – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Caligus kajii.
• ION

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