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Parent: | Caligus Müller, 1785 | |
Specific Name: | selenecola | |
Authorship: | Morales-Serna, Yáñez-Rivera & Gómez | |
Publication: | Caligus selenecola sp. nov. (Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) parasitic on the hairfin lookdown Selene brevoortii (Gill) from the Gulf of California, Mexico, with some comments on Caritus tolii Rangnekar 1984. ZooKeys 1209: 43-68. | |
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Type Specimen(s): | Holotype, adult female preserved in ethanol (ICML-EMUCOP-090621-01), collected on 9 June 2021. Allotype, adult male preserved in ethanol (ICML-EMUCOP-081121-01), collected on 8 November 2021. Paratypes, 1 adult female preserved in ethanol (ICML-EMUCOP-090621-02) from the same host individual as the holotype; 1 adult female preserved in ethanol (ICML-EMUCOP-120921-01) from which pair of antennules and P1 a were dissected and mounted onto two slides, and 1 adult female dissected and mounted onto ten slides (ICML-EMUCOP-120921-02), collected on 12 September 2021; and 1 adult female and 1 adult male preserved in ethanol (ICML-EMUCOP-221121-01) from a single host individual collected on 22 November 2021. | |
Type Locality: | Mexican Pacific, off Mazatlán Port (23°12’N, 106°26’W), Sinaloa, Mexico. | |
Fossil: | No | |