An annotated list of parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected in groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in New Caledonia emphasizes parasite biodiversity in coral reef fish

0351892 - BC 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Justine, J.-L. - Beveridge, I. - Boxshall, G.A. - Bray, R. A. - Moravec, František - Trilles, J.-P. - Whittington, I.D.
An annotated list of parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected in groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in New Caledonia emphasizes parasite biodiversity in coral reef fish.
Folia Parasitologica. Roč. 57, č. 4 (2010), s. 237-262. ISSN 0015-5683. E-ISSN 1803-6465
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC522
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : Isopoda * Copepoda * Monogenea * Digenea * Cestoda * Nematoda * Serranidae * Epinephelinae * parasite biodiversity * coral reef * New Caledonia
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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Over a 7-year period, parasites have been collected from 28 species of groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in the waters off New Caledonia. Host-parasite and parasite-host lists are provided, with a total of 337 host-parasite combinations, including 146 parasite identifications at the species level. Results are included for isopods (5 species), copepods (19), monogeneans (56), digeneans (28), cestodes (12), and nematodes (12). When results are restricted to those 14 fish species for which more than five specimens were examined and to parasites identified at the species level, 109 host-parasite combinations were recorded, with 63 different species, of which monogeneans account for half (32 species), and an average of 4.5 parasite species per fish species. We hypothesize that the present results represent only a small part of the actual biodiversity. Probably only 3% of the parasite species of coral reef fish are already known in New Caledonia.
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