TY - JOUR
T1 - Occurrence of piscine parasitic Copepods (Crustacea) on sharks taken mainly off Cape recife, South Africa
AU - Oldewage, W. H.
AU - Smale, M. J.
PY - 1993/6
Y1 - 1993/6
N2 - A total of 10 species of parasitic Copepoda, Alebion carchariae, Perissopus oblongatus, Dinemoura latifolia, Echthrogaleus denticulatus, Echthrogaleus coleoptratus, Pandarus bicolor, Pandarus smithi, Pandarus floridanus, Anthosoma crassum and Nemesis lamna, is recorded together with preferred sites of attachment to the host, from eight shark species, Carcharias taurus, Carcharodon carcharias, Mustelus musteius, Squalus megalops, hunts oxyrinchus, Hexanchus griseus, Galeorhinus galeus and Pliotrema warreni from off the South-Eastern Cape, South Africa. All of the occurrences reported here are new distribution records and in most cases represent new host records for coastal fish of the African continent.
AB - A total of 10 species of parasitic Copepoda, Alebion carchariae, Perissopus oblongatus, Dinemoura latifolia, Echthrogaleus denticulatus, Echthrogaleus coleoptratus, Pandarus bicolor, Pandarus smithi, Pandarus floridanus, Anthosoma crassum and Nemesis lamna, is recorded together with preferred sites of attachment to the host, from eight shark species, Carcharias taurus, Carcharodon carcharias, Mustelus musteius, Squalus megalops, hunts oxyrinchus, Hexanchus griseus, Galeorhinus galeus and Pliotrema warreni from off the South-Eastern Cape, South Africa. All of the occurrences reported here are new distribution records and in most cases represent new host records for coastal fish of the African continent.
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U2 - 10.2989/025776193784287310
DO - 10.2989/025776193784287310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027332336
SN - 0257-7615
VL - 13
SP - 309
EP - 312
JO - South African Journal of Marine Science
JF - South African Journal of Marine Science
IS - 1
ER -