First record of Piscicapillaria bursata (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a parasite of hammerhead sharks Sphyrna spp., in the western Atlantic Ocean

0538877 - BC 2021 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Moravec, František - Dalrymple, K.M. - Galloway, A.S. - Barker, A.M. - de Buron, I.
First record of Piscicapillaria bursata (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a parasite of hammerhead sharks Sphyrna spp., in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. Roč. 138, Mar 12 (2020), s. 133-136. ISSN 0177-5103. E-ISSN 1616-1580
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : identification * nov. * Parasitic nematode * Trichinelloidea * Sphyrnidae * South Carolina * usa
OECD category: Fishery
Impact factor: 1.753, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/dao/v138/p133-136/

Examination of 32 spiral valves from neonate specimens of hammerhead shark Sphyrna spp. (Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae) captured between June and August 2018 off the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, USA, revealed the presence of the capillariid nematode Piscicap-illaria bursata (Capillariidae) in the Carolina hammerhead S. gilberti, the scalloped hammerhead S. lewini, and their hybrids. This is the second find of this parasite originally described from hammerhead sharks off Australia, its first record from the western Atlantic Ocean, and its first record in a new host species and in hybrids.
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