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<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFF19FE6EFDA4FE20" authority="Pearse, 1952" authorityName="Pearse" authorityYear="1952" box="[151,532,422,448]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF19FE6EFEC0FE20" bold="true" box="[151,368,422,448]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Caligus sciaenops</emphasis>
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Syn:
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF40FE38FE8AFDE7" box="[206,314,496,519]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. setosus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFECFFE38FE79FDE7" author="Pearse" box="[321,457,496,519]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1953) Parasitic Crustacea from Alligator Harbor, Florida. Journal of the Florida Academy of Science, 25, 187 - 243." type="journal article" year="1953">Pearse, 1953</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFF48FDDBFE5BFDCA" authority="Ho &amp; Lin, 2003" authorityName="Ho &amp; Lin" authorityYear="2003" box="[198,491,531,554]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cresseyi">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF48FDDBFE8AFDCA" box="[198,314,531,554]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. cresseyi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF48FDFEFEE5FDAD" box="[198,341,566,589]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. epinephali</emphasis>
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[sic]:
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFE14FDFDFD8CFDAC" author="Cressey" box="[410,572,565,588]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Cressey, R. (1991) Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 497, 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1991">Cressey (1991)</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF19FDB6FE75FD78" bold="true" box="[151,453,638,664]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Differential diagnosis:</emphasis>
Female genital complex and abdomen combined about 1.2 times longer than cephalothorax; body length
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.
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body length unknown. Female genital complex subrectangular, without distinct postero-lateral lobes; about as long as abdomen. Abdomen 2-segmented, first segment markedly longer than second.
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abdomen 2-segmented, first segment about half length of second. Post-antennal process large and strongly curved in female. Antenna claw not strongly curved. No additional process present between post-antennal process and base of antenna in female. Sternal furca with long, tapering tines. Female maxilliped with smooth medial margin. Exopod of leg 1 with seta at inner distal angle longer than longest spine but shorter than segment; no vestiges of posterior margin setae; first exopodal segment broad, with strongly convex posterior margin. Outer margin of second endopodal segment of leg 2 ornamented with fine spinules. Distal spines on exopod of leg 4 all similar in length but terminal spine just longer than other 2.
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF48FBE0FE0DFBA2" bold="true" box="[198,445,1064,1090]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Material examined:</emphasis>
none
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF48FB86FED9FB88" bold="true" box="[198,361,1102,1128]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Distribution:</emphasis>
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, Gulf of
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(Texas coast).
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF49FBBDFEA6FB6F" bold="true" box="[199,278,1141,1167]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Hosts:</emphasis>
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:
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<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFE49FBBEFD8EFB6F" box="[455,574,1142,1167]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">Sciaenops</taxonomicName>
ocellatus
</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1766),
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFC4CFBBEFB77FB6F" box="[962,1223,1142,1167]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Cynoscion nebulosus</emphasis>
(Cuvier, 1830)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFF75FB54FD13FB56" authority="Holbrook, 1848" authorityName="Holbrook" authorityYear="1848" box="[251,675,1180,1206]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Sciaenidae" genus="Cynoscion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nothus">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF75FB54FE7CFB55" box="[251,460,1180,1205]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Cynoscion nothus</emphasis>
(Holbrook, 1848)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFD21FB54FBC6FB56" authority="Lacepede, 1802" authorityName="Lacepede" authorityYear="1802" box="[687,1142,1180,1206]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Sciaenidae" genus="Leiostomus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xanthurus">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFD21FB54FC01FB55" box="[687,945,1180,1205]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Leiostomus xanthurus</emphasis>
Lacepède, 1802
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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The only known hosts of
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFE63FB0BFD33FB3C" box="[493,643,1219,1244]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFE63FB0BFD33FB3C" box="[493,643,1219,1244]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are sciaenids (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFC5EFB0BFBBEFB3D" author="Pearse" box="[976,1038,1219,1245]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1953) Parasitic Crustacea from Alligator Harbor, Florida. Journal of the Florida Academy of Science, 25, 187 - 243." type="journal article" year="1953">1953</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFB94FB0BFB0DFB3D" author="Cressey" box="[1050,1213,1219,1245]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Cressey, R. (1991) Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 497, 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1991">Cressey 1991</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5A3D03353F6DFFBAFF48FB21FDF4F91A" blockId="19.[151,1438,638,1941]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF48FB21FEF2FAE3" bold="true" box="[198,322,1257,1283]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Remarks:</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFEC7FB22FE4BFAE4" author="Cressey" box="[329,507,1258,1284]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Cressey, R. (1991) Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 497, 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1991">Cressey (1991)</bibRefCitation>
placed
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFDDAFB22FD59FAE3" box="[596,745,1258,1283]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFC56FB22FB31FAE3" box="[984,1153,1258,1283]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. haemulonis</emphasis>
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with no discussion. The general body size and shape given by
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFDFDFAD8FCAEFACA" author="Pearse" box="[627,798,1296,1322]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1952) Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, The University of Texas, 2, 5 - 42." type="journal article" year="1952">Pearse (1952)</bibRefCitation>
is consistent with
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFB87FAD9FB0CFACA" box="[1033,1212,1297,1322]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. haemulonis</emphasis>
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and, although the proportional lengths of the two abdominal segments in the female do not match with the description of
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFA0FFAFFFE91FA97" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. haemulonis</emphasis>
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, the abdomen appears abnormally slender in Pearses figures of females (
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFB14FA95FF09FA7E" author="Pearse" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1952) Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, The University of Texas, 2, 5 - 42." type="journal article" year="1952">Pearse 1952: Fig. 49, 59</bibRefCitation>
). The male figured by
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFE49FA4CFD7FFA7E" author="Pearse" box="[455,719,1412,1438]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1952) Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, The University of Texas, 2, 5 - 42." type="journal article" year="1952">Pearse (1952: Fig. 58)</bibRefCitation>
has a 2-segmented abdomen and the proportional lengths of the two segments match those of
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<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFD90FA63FD77FA24" box="[542,711,1451,1476]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. haemulonis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, we consider the shape of the sternal furca, with its unusually long tines, to be an important distinction between
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFCD8FA1AFC5CFA0B" box="[854,1004,1490,1515]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFCD8FA1AFC5CFA0B" box="[854,1004,1490,1515]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFBADFA1AFB7CFA0B" box="[1059,1228,1490,1515]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="haemulonis">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFBADFA1AFB7CFA0B" box="[1059,1228,1490,1515]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. haemulonis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In this character, and in other characters such as the strongly recurved post-antennal process and weakly recurved antennal claw,
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFF52F9D7FEC2F9D8" box="[220,370,1567,1592]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF52F9D7FEC2F9D8" box="[220,370,1567,1592]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles the species described by
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFC92F9D7FC7FF9D9" author="Cressey" box="[796,975,1567,1593]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Cressey, R. (1991) Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 497, 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1991">Cressey (1991)</bibRefCitation>
as
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFC76F9D7FB27F9D8" box="[1016,1175,1567,1592]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epinephali">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFC76F9D7FB27F9D8" box="[1016,1175,1567,1592]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. epinephali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[sic]
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFB54F9D7FA28F9D9" author="Yamaguti" box="[1242,1432,1567,1593]" pageId="19" pageNumber="26" refString="Yamaguti, S. (1936) Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 2. Caligoida, I, 1 - 22, pls 1 - 12. [Private publication]" type="book chapter" year="1936">Yamaguti, 1936</bibRefCitation>
. In an earlier study,
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFEF0F98DFDFAF9BF" author="Ho" box="[382,586,1605,1631]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Ho, J. - s. &amp; Lin, C. L. (2003) Solution to the taxonomic confusion surrounding Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, a caligid copepod (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes. Zoological Studies, 42, 268 - 283." type="journal article" year="2003">Ho &amp; Lin (2003)</bibRefCitation>
concluded that the
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFCBBF98EFC21F9BF" box="[821,913,1606,1631]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFCBBF98EFC21F9BF" box="[821,913,1606,1631]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Caligus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
material described by
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFB2CF98DFAE8F9BF" author="Cressey" box="[1186,1368,1605,1631]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Cressey, R. (1991) Parasitic copepods from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, III: Caligus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 497, 1 - 53." type="journal article" year="1991">Cressey (1991)</bibRefCitation>
as
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFA0FF98EFEA3F965" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epinephali">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFA0FF98EFEA3F965" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. epinephali</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[sic] was not conspecific with
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFDF0F9A4FCAAF965" box="[638,794,1644,1669]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="epinepheli">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFDF0F9A4FCAAF965" box="[638,794,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. epinepheli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
of
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFCCEF9A4FBB6F966" author="Yamaguti" box="[832,1030,1644,1670]" pageId="19" pageNumber="26" refString="Yamaguti, S. (1936) Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 2. Caligoida, I, 1 - 22, pls 1 - 12. [Private publication]" type="book chapter" year="1936">Yamaguti (1936)</bibRefCitation>
and proposed
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFB3FF9A4FE9BF94D" authority="Ho &amp; Lin, 2003" authorityName="Ho &amp; Lin" authorityYear="2003" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cresseyi">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFB3FF9A4FAC2F965" box="[1201,1394,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Caligus cresseyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFAF6F9A4FE9BF94D" author="Ho" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Ho, J. - s. &amp; Lin, C. L. (2003) Solution to the taxonomic confusion surrounding Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, a caligid copepod (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes. Zoological Studies, 42, 268 - 283." type="journal article" year="2003">Ho &amp; Lin, 2003</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
as a new name, based on Cresseys description. We consider that the oldest available name for this taxon is
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFEB6F972FD77F934" authority="Pearse, 1952" authorityName="Pearse" authorityYear="1952" box="[312,711,1722,1748]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFEB6F972FDADF933" box="[312,541,1722,1747]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Caligus sciaenops</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFDAAF972FD77F934" author="Pearse" box="[548,711,1722,1748]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1952) Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, The University of Texas, 2, 5 - 42." type="journal article" year="1952">Pearse, 1952</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and we recognise
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFC39F972FAA0F934" authority="Ho &amp; Lin, 2003" authorityName="Ho &amp; Lin" authorityYear="2003" box="[951,1296,1722,1748]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cresseyi">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFC39F972FB8FF933" box="[951,1087,1722,1747]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. cresseyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFBC6F972FAA0F934" author="Ho" box="[1096,1296,1722,1748]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Ho, J. - s. &amp; Lin, C. L. (2003) Solution to the taxonomic confusion surrounding Caligus epinepheli Yamaguti, a caligid copepod (Siphonostomatoida) parasitic on marine fishes. Zoological Studies, 42, 268 - 283." type="journal article" year="2003">Ho &amp; Lin, 2003</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior subjective synonym of
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFE29F929FD8EF91A" box="[423,574,1760,1786]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFE29F929FE0AF91A" box="[423,442,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFE44F929FD8EF91A" box="[458,574,1761,1786]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A3D03353F6DFFBAFF48F8CFFE86F875" blockId="19.[151,1438,638,1941]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFF48F8CFFECFF8C0" box="[198,383,1799,1824]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setosus">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFF48F8CFFECFF8C0" box="[198,383,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Caligus setosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a female body length of
<quantity id="9D7AAED03F6DFFBAFD59F8CFFCF3F8C1" box="[727,835,1799,1825]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.17" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="mm" value="3.17">3.17 mm</quantity>
, within the range of
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFBB6F8CFFB7EF8C0" box="[1080,1230,1799,1824]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFBB6F8CFFB7EF8C0" box="[1080,1230,1799,1824]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the sternal furca has long tapering tines and the post-antennal process is strongly curved in the female (
<bibRefCitation id="3E137EC43F6DFFBAFB18F8E5FA9BF8A7" author="Pearse" box="[1174,1323,1837,1863]" pageId="19" pageNumber="25" refString="Pearse, A. S. (1953) Parasitic Crustacea from Alligator Harbor, Florida. Journal of the Florida Academy of Science, 25, 187 - 243." type="journal article" year="1953">Pearse 1953</bibRefCitation>
), as in
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFA0FF8E6FEBDF88D" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFA0FF8E6FEBDF88D" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. On this basis we treat
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFDA4F89CFD14F88D" box="[554,676,1876,1901]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="setosus">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFDA4F89CFD14F88D" box="[554,676,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. setosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior subjective synonym of
<taxonomicName id="9D8278B63F6DFFBAFBC2F89CFB56F88D" box="[1100,1254,1876,1901]" class="Maxillopoda" family="Caligidae" genus="Caligus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siphonostomatoida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sciaenops">
<emphasis id="68F6DF273F6DFFBAFBC2F89CFB56F88D" box="[1100,1254,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">C. sciaenops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but this needs confirmation.
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