Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa: a neglected field of marine science

Title:

Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa: a neglected field of marine science

Creator:

Schaeffner, Bjoern C and Smit, Nico J

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:5a7825e4-4460-41a7-9bf8-de83518bd0e3
uuid:5a7825e4-4460-41a7-9bf8-de83518bd0e3
issn:1803-6465
doi:10.14411/fp.2019.002

Subject:

příčnoústí, parazitické organismy, parazit a hostitel, Elasmobranchii, parasitic organisms, parasite and host, Holocephali, diversity, host-parasite list, parasite-host list, 2, and 59

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

Southern Africa is considered one of the world's 'hotspots' for the diversity of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), with currently 204 reported species. Although numerous literature records and treatises on chondrichthyan fishes are available, a paucity of information exists on the biodiversity of their parasites. Chondrichthyan fishes are parasitised by several groups of protozoan and metazoan organisms that live either permanently or temporarily on and within their hosts. Reports of parasites infecting elasmobranchs and holocephalans in South Africa are sparse and information on most parasitic groups is fragmentary or entirely lacking. Parasitic copepods constitute the best-studied group with currently 70 described species (excluding undescribed species or nomina nuda) from chondrichthyans. Given the large number of chondrichthyan species present in southern Africa, it is expected that only a mere fraction of the parasite diversity has been discovered to date and numerous species await discovery and description. This review summarises information on all groups of parasites of chondrichthyan hosts and demonstrates the current knowledge of chondrichthyan parasites in South Africa. Checklists are provided displaying the host-parasite and parasite-host data known to date., Bjoern C. Schaeffner, Nico J. Smit., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

1-23

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2019 Volume:66 | Number:1

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CDK

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