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MACROSCOPIC LESIONS ON THE GREY TRIGGERFISH, BALISTES CAPRISCUS (PISCES) ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE PEDUNCULATE BARNACLE, CONCHODERMA VIRGATUM (CIRRIPEDIA, THORACICA) BY P. RAMOS 1,5 ) , F. RUANO 1 ) , D. JESUS 2 ) and T. CRUZ 3,4 ) 1 ) Laboratório de Patologia dos Animais Aquáticos, Instituto Nacional dos Recursos Biológicos, I.P.-IPIMAR, Avenida de Brasília, P-449-006 Lisbon, Portugal 2 ) Associação de Mariscadores da Costa Vicentina e Sudoeste Alentejano Aljezur, Apartado 1008, P-8670-909 Aljezur, Portugal 3 ) Departamento de Biologia & Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Apartado 190, P-7520-903 Sines, Portugal 4 ) Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, P-1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal ABSTRACT Fifteen live specimens of Conchoderma virgatum were attached to a grey triggerfish ( Balistes capriscus ) caught in S.W. Portugal. The barnacles were distributed in three groups (right abdominal external face, anterior side of the insertion of the pelvic spine, and close to (5 mm) the left eye (on the lacrymal bone)). The specimens were very different in size, ranging from 2 mm to 18.9 mm (maximum capitular length, CL). The four largest barnacles (CL 16.4 mm) had egg lamellae. Signs of potential predation on
Crustaceana – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2010
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