Caligus kajii
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Siphonostomatoida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Caligidae
Genus: Caligus
Species: Caligus kajii
Name
editCaligus 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:
- Etymology: named after Tomonari Kaji
- ZooBank: 9A3A7B46-6140-4865-AAFA-99E718FBA8D6
References
editPrimary references
edit- 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
edit- 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