identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03BC746EFFB3FF9AFF54C6F4FA36FA4A.text	03BC746EFFB3FF9AFF54C6F4FA36FA4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Caligus	<div><p>An updated key, based on the females, to the eight species groups currently recognized within Caligus</p><p>1 Leg 4 with compound segment (2 &amp; 3) with III apical spines, seta 4 of leg 1 last exopodal segment distinctly longer than terminal spines........................................................................ C. macarovi group</p><p>- Leg 4 with compound segment (2 &amp; 3) with IV spines (I lateral and III apical spines)............................... 2</p><p>- Leg 4 with 3 segments armed with I, I, and III spines respectively............................................... 3</p><p>2 Leg 1 last exopodal segment inner margin without 3 pinnate setae or with only a vestige of a seta distally and leg 2 2 nd endopodal segment outer margin armed with long spinules............................................. C. productus group</p><p>- Leg 1 last exopodal segment inner margin with 3 pinnate setae................................................. 4</p><p>3 Leg 3 1 st exopodal segment with distolateral spine forming a large, recurved hook, apron with raised bifid cuticular rib and arrangement of denticles................................................................. C. confusus group</p><p>- Leg 3 without distolateral spine being a large, recurved hook and apron without rib and arrangement of denticles, leg 2 2 nd &amp; 3 rd endopodal segments covered with fine denticles, distolateral spines of leg 2 2 nd and 3 rd exopodal segments align with longitudinal axis of rami................................................................ C. diaphanus group</p><p>4 Leg 2 2 nd endopodal segment outer margin with large denticles, distolateral spines on 1 st and 2 nd exopodal segments lying obliquely across axis of rami, distolateral spine on 3 rd segment at most halve length or smaller than adjacent (distal) spine.......................................................................................... C. bonito group</p><p>- Leg 2 2 nd endopodal segment outer margin with or without fine setules, only 1 small distolateral/distal spine on 3 rd exopod segment, no sternal furca................................................................. C. trichiuri group</p><p>- Leg 2 2 nd endopodal segment outer margin with or without fine setules, 3 rd exopodal segment with distolateral and distal spines of varying sizes, sternal furca present..................................................................... 5</p><p>5 Leg 2 3 rd exopodal segment distolateral spine markedly reduced, distal spine also relatively small, genital complex as long as wide without posterolateral lobes and as long as abdomen.................................. C. pseudorhombi group</p><p>- Leg 2 3 rd exopodal segment distolateral spine often halve length of distal spine which may also be reduced, genital complex longer than wide..................................................................... C. undulatus group</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC746EFFB3FF9AFF54C6F4FA36FA4A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	DIPPENAAR, SUSAN M.;SEBONE, MAKWENA M.	DIPPENAAR, SUSAN M., SEBONE, MAKWENA M. (2025): Erratum: SUSAN M. DIPPENAAR & amp; MAKWENA M. SEBONE (2025) Caligus (Caligidae: Siphonostomatoida) species off southern Africa with the description of C. pillaii sp. nov. Zootaxa, 5686 (2): 151 - 197. Zootaxa 5711 (4): 599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.10
