Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Prevalence, Intensity, and Site of Infection of Echthrogaleus Coleoptratus (Guérin-Méneville, 1837) (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae), Ectoparasitic on the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna Nasus) in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Prevalence, Intensity, and Site of Infection of Echthrogaleus Coleoptratus (Guérin-Méneville,... NOTES AND NEWS PREVALENCE, INTENSITY, AND SITE OF INFECTION OF ECHTHROGALEUS COLEOPTRATUS (GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, 1837) (SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA, PANDARIDAE), ECTOPARASITIC ON THE PORBEAGLE SHARK ( LAMNA NASUS ) IN THE BAY OF FUNDY, CANADA BY JOSEPH D. H. PRATT 1,2 ) , DONALD F. M C ALPINE 1,3 ) , STEPHEN D. TURNBULL 2 ) and PAMELA EMERY 2 ) 1 ) Department of Natural Science, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2K 1E5 2 ) Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 4L5 Although widely distributed in the worlds oceans, the parasitic copepod, Echthrogaleus coleoptratus (Guérin-Méneville, 1837) is rarely common (Hewitt, 1967, 1979; Raibaut et al., 1998; Luque & Taveres, 2007) and little has been re- corded concerning its natural history. Hosts include about 12 species of sharks, most frequently Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758), Lamna nasus (Bon- naterre, 1788), and Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (cf. Hewitt, 1967, 1972, 1979; Cressey & Lachner, 1970; Rokicki & Bychawaska, 1991; Henderson, 2002b; Benz et al., 2003; Luque & Tavares, 2007). The single report of E. coleoptratus ec- toparasitic on a teleost, Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) (cf. Dollfus, 1946) appears to be http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Prevalence, Intensity, and Site of Infection of Echthrogaleus Coleoptratus (Guérin-Méneville, 1837) (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae), Ectoparasitic on the Porbeagle Shark (Lamna Nasus) in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Download PDF
5 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/prevalence-intensity-and-site-of-infection-of-echthrogaleus-guqcCaXJCo

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0011-216X
eISSN
1568-5403
DOI
10.1163/001121610x12627655658203
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

NOTES AND NEWS PREVALENCE, INTENSITY, AND SITE OF INFECTION OF ECHTHROGALEUS COLEOPTRATUS (GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, 1837) (SIPHONOSTOMATOIDA, PANDARIDAE), ECTOPARASITIC ON THE PORBEAGLE SHARK ( LAMNA NASUS ) IN THE BAY OF FUNDY, CANADA BY JOSEPH D. H. PRATT 1,2 ) , DONALD F. M C ALPINE 1,3 ) , STEPHEN D. TURNBULL 2 ) and PAMELA EMERY 2 ) 1 ) Department of Natural Science, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2K 1E5 2 ) Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 5050, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada E2L 4L5 Although widely distributed in the worlds oceans, the parasitic copepod, Echthrogaleus coleoptratus (Guérin-Méneville, 1837) is rarely common (Hewitt, 1967, 1979; Raibaut et al., 1998; Luque & Taveres, 2007) and little has been re- corded concerning its natural history. Hosts include about 12 species of sharks, most frequently Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758), Lamna nasus (Bon- naterre, 1788), and Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) (cf. Hewitt, 1967, 1972, 1979; Cressey & Lachner, 1970; Rokicki & Bychawaska, 1991; Henderson, 2002b; Benz et al., 2003; Luque & Tavares, 2007). The single report of E. coleoptratus ec- toparasitic on a teleost, Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) (cf. Dollfus, 1946) appears to be

Journal

Crustaceana – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2010

There are no references for this article.