Published August 27, 2025
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Caligus productus Dana 1849
Creators
- 1. Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa
Description
Caligus productus -group
Leg 4 3-segmented with compound distal segment armed with 4 spines (I and IV (rarely III) spines, respectively); leg 1 last exopodal segment without 3 posterior/medial pinnate setae, or only single vestigial seta; leg 2 second endopodal segment with long, tapering spinules along outer margin; antenna with well-developed proximal process; small process medial to post-antennal process (Boxshall & El-Rashidy 2009; Boxshall 2018).
Notes
Published as part of Dippenaar, Susan M. & Sebone, Makwena M., 2025, Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov., pp. 151-197 in Zootaxa 5686 (2) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/16985794
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Dana
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Siphonostomatoida
- Family
- Caligidae
- Genus
- Caligus
- Species
- productus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Caligus productus Dana, 1849 sec. Dippenaar & Sebone, 2025
References
- Boxshall, G. A. & El-Rashidy, H. H. (2009) A review of the Caligus productus species group, with the description of a new species, new synonymies and supplementary descriptions. Zootaxa, 2271 (1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2271.1.1
- Boxshall, G. A. (2018) The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. Zootaxa, 4398 (1), 1-172. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1